Natural hazards · Purdy

Purdy, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Purdy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Purdy?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Purdy to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes17%Cold waves10%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Purdy faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Purdy flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Purdy.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Purdy isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Barry County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Purdy

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Purdy itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Purdy.

Brought FEMA money into PurdyDeclared for Barry County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

45 households applied for aid $131K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$27K to the City of Purdy for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Barry County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Purdy is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Purdy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Purdy. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.