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Natural hazards · Sedgewickville

Sedgewickville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sedgewickville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sedgewickville?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sedgewickville to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes19%Earthquakes15%Strong wind8%Cold waves8%Heat waves6%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Sedgewickville faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Sedgewickville flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Sedgewickville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SedgewickvilleDeclared for Bollinger County only
2025

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

1 household applied for aid
2025

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

1 household applied for aid $770 aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $35K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $751 aid approved
Bollinger County has had 24 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. Sedgewickville 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 Sedgewickville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sedgewickville. 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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