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Natural hazards · Sampsel

Sampsel, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sampsel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sampsel?

69
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sampsel to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes19%Drought18%Cold waves10%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Sampsel faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Sampsel flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sampsel isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Livingston County.
Disasters that hit Sampsel

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SampselDeclared for Livingston County only
2021

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

$21K to the Township of Sampsel for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$58K to the Township of Sampsel for repairs
2015

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

$55K to the Township of Sampsel for repairs
2014

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

$19K to the Township of Sampsel for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the Township of Sampsel for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$15K to the Township of Sampsel for repairs
Livingston County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
Around Sampsel

Sampsel and the towns around it

Mooresville: High, mostly inland floodingJackson: High, mostly inland floodingGreen: High, mostly inland floodingJackson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBreckenridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMonroe: High, mostly inland floodingHarrison: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChillicothe: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCream Ridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJefferson: High, mostly inland floodingUtica: High, mostly inland floodingBlue Mound: High, mostly inland floodingFairview: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJamesport: High, mostly inland floodingMonroe: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSampsel: High, mostly inland flooding SampselMooresvilleJacksonGreenJackson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Sampselmostly inland floodingHigh
Mooresvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Jacksonmostly inland floodingHigh
Greenmostly inland floodingHigh
Jacksonmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Sampsel 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 Sampsel’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sampsel. 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.

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