Natural hazards · Sibley

Sibley, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sibley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sibley?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sibley to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding59%Tornadoes16%Heat waves10%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Sibley faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sibley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

Disasters that hit Sibley

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SibleyDeclared for Jackson County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $111K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the Village of Sibley for repairs

Jackson 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. Sibley 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 Sibley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sibley. 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.