Natural hazards · Shawnee

Shawnee, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shawnee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shawnee?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shawnee to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes10%Cold waves9%Drought9%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Shawnee faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Shawnee flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Shawnee isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Henry County.

Disasters that hit Shawnee

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Henry County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Shawnee itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ShawneeDeclared for Henry County only

Henry County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Shawnee

Shawnee and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shawneemostly inland floodingHigh

Big Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Fields Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Tebomostly 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. Shawnee 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 Shawnee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Shawnee. 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.