Natural hazards · Riverview

Riverview, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riverview comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1982. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Riverview?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riverview to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves48%Inland flooding26%Cold waves8%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Riverview faces

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

Heat waves

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Riverview flood?

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

1paid claims since 1982

$20Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $20K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Louis County.

Disasters that hit Riverview

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RiverviewDeclared for St. Louis County only

2025

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

1 household applied for aid

2022

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$2K to the Village of Riverview for repairs

2006

Severe Storms

$11K to the Village of Riverview for repairs

St. Louis County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Riverview

Riverview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

St. Louismostly heat wavesHigh

Bellefontaine Neighborsmostly heat wavesHigh

Glasgow Villagemostly heat wavesHigh

Riverviewmostly heat wavesModerate

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. Riverview covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Riverview total about $1.6M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.