Natural hazards · Queen

Queen, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Queen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Queen?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Queen to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes31%Drought9%Heat waves8%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Queen faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Queen flood?

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

Disasters that hit Queen

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QueenDeclared for Schuyler County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

$36K to the City of Queen for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the City of Queen for repairs

Schuyler County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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. Queen 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 Queen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Queen. 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.