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Natural hazards · Slater

Slater, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Slater comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Slater?

11
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Slater to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves17%Heat waves11%Tornadoes9%Drought8%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Slater faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Slater flood?

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

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SlaterDeclared for Saline County only
2026

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$9K to the City of Slater for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the City of Slater for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $23K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$47K to the City of Slater for repairs
Saline County has had 22 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. Slater 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 Slater’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Slater. 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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