Natural hazards · Reeds

Reeds, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reeds 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 Reeds?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reeds to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes20%Heat waves8%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Reeds 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 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Reeds flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

Disasters that hit Reeds

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReedsDeclared for Jasper County only

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $649 aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $612 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

Jasper County has had 19 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. Reeds 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 Reeds’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Reeds. 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.

Reeds, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Reeds?

What Reeds faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Reeds flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

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