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Natural hazards · Sargent

Sargent, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sargent comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sargent?

72
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sargent to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves26%Heat waves8%Tornadoes7%Earthquakes7%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Sargent 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 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% 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 Sargent flood?

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

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

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SargentDeclared for Texas County only
2025

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

$788K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2024

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

$7K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2024

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

$714K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$199K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2015

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

$62K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$36K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$52K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$44K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

$19K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$54K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Sargent for repairs
Texas County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
Around Sargent

Sargent and the towns around it

Cass: High, mostly cold wavesBurdine: High, mostly inland floodingPierce: High, mostly cold wavesPiney: Moderate, mostly cold wavesOzark: High, mostly cold wavesMorris: Moderate, mostly cold wavesClinton: High, mostly inland floodingDate: High, mostly cold wavesSargent: High, mostly inland flooding SargentCassBurdinePierce
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Sargentmostly inland floodingHigh
Burdinemostly inland floodingHigh
Cassmostly cold wavesHigh
Piercemostly cold wavesHigh
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. Sargent covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sargent’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sargent. 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 Sargent total about $1.8M 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.

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