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Stockton, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stockton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Stockton?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stockton to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes23%Strong wind10%Heat waves9%Cold waves8%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Stockton 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 45% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Stockton flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Stockton

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StocktonDeclared for Cedar County only
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the City of Stockton for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$28K to the City of Stockton for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the City of Stockton for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$79K to the City of Stockton for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

585 households applied for aid $970K aid approved $2.0M to the City of Stockton for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$15K to the City of Stockton for repairs
Cedar County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
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. Stockton 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 Stockton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stockton. 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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