Natural hazards · Stanton

Stanton, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanton to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding34%Earthquakes18%Tornadoes15%Heat waves13%Cold waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Stanton faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Stanton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Stanton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Franklin County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

Franklin County has had 21 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. Stanton 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 Stanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Stanton. 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.