Natural hazards · Shawneetown

Shawneetown, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shawneetown 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 Shawneetown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shawneetown to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding49%Earthquakes19%Heat waves7%Tornadoes7%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Shawneetown faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Shawneetown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cape Girardeau County.

Disasters that hit Shawneetown

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShawneetownDeclared for Cape Girardeau County only

Cape Girardeau 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. Shawneetown 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 Shawneetown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Shawneetown. 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.

Shawneetown, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Shawneetown?

What Shawneetown faces

Inland flooding

Earthquakes

Heat waves

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Shawneetown flood?

Federal disasters declared here

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