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Natural hazards · Senath

Senath, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Senath comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Senath?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes52%Inland flooding13%Drought10%Heat waves7%Tornadoes7%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Senath faces

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

Earthquakes

52% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Senath flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979
$997paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Senath isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dunklin County.
Disasters that hit Senath

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SenathDeclared for Dunklin County only
2025

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

2 households applied for aid $750 aid approved
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$62K to the City of Senath for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $845 aid approved
Dunklin County has had 18 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. Senath 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 Senath’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Senath. 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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