Natural hazards · Verona

Verona, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Verona comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2021. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Verona?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Verona to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes19%Strong wind9%Drought7%Heat waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Verona faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Verona flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Verona, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2021

$15Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20212026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Verona

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VeronaDeclared for Lawrence County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Verona for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

Lawrence County has had 17 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. Verona 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 Verona’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Verona. 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.