Natural hazards · Sycamore Hills

Sycamore Hills, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sycamore Hills comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Sycamore Hills?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sycamore Hills to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and heat waves.

Earthquakes34%Heat waves33%Inland flooding19%Cold waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Sycamore Hills faces

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

Earthquakes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Heat waves

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sycamore Hills flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Louis County.

Disasters that hit Sycamore Hills

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sycamore HillsDeclared for St. Louis County only

2022

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

St. Louis County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Sycamore Hills

Sycamore Hills and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sycamore Hillsmostly earthquakesModerate

Charlackmostly earthquakesModerate

Overlandmostly heat wavesModerate

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