Natural hazards · Rushville

Rushville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rushville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1982. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rushville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rushville to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes16%Drought11%Cold waves10%Hail6%Heat waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Rushville faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rushville flood?

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

15paid claims since 1982

$299Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 4 claims, $168K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Buchanan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

34flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Rushville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RushvilleDeclared for Buchanan County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

91 households applied for aid $229K aid approved

2011

Flooding

182 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

Buchanan County has had 23 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. Rushville 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 Rushville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Rushville. 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.