Natural hazards · Puxico

Puxico, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Puxico comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1994. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Puxico?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Puxico to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes10%Cold waves7%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Puxico faces

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

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Puxico flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Puxico, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 1994

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stoddard County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Puxico

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PuxicoDeclared for Stoddard County only

2025

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

12 households applied for aid $120K aid approved

2024

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

2 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

72 households applied for aid $398K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$32K to the City of Puxico for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

$4K to the City of Puxico for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

61 households applied for aid $145K aid approved

2008

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$8K to the City of Puxico for repairs

Stoddard County has had 22 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. Puxico 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 Puxico’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Puxico. 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.

Puxico, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Puxico?

What Puxico faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Puxico flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

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