Natural hazards · Van Horn

Van Horn, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Van Horn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Van Horn?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Van Horn to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Drought13%Tornadoes10%Cold waves8%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Van Horn faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Van Horn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carroll County.

Disasters that hit Van Horn

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Van Horn itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Van Horn.

Brought FEMA money into Van HornDeclared for Carroll County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Township of Van Horn for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$27K to the Township of Van Horn for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$40K to the Township of Van Horn for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Van Horn for repairs

Carroll County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Van Horn

Van Horn and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Van Hornmostly inland floodingHigh

Stokes Moundmostly inland floodingHigh

Lesliemostly inland floodingHigh

Ridgemostly inland floodingModerate

Carrolltonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Van Horn 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 Van Horn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Van Horn. 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.