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Natural hazards · Sarcoxie

Sarcoxie, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sarcoxie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1993. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sarcoxie?

62
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sarcoxie 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 Sarcoxie 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 Sarcoxie flood?

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

6paid claims since 1993
$43Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19932026

Biggest named events

  • Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $16K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sarcoxie 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Sarcoxie

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SarcoxieDeclared for Jasper County only
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2015

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

4 households applied for aid $200 aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $8K aid approved
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$42K to the City of Sarcoxie for repairs
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. Sarcoxie 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 Sarcoxie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sarcoxie. 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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