Natural hazards · Vienna

Vienna, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vienna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1985. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vienna?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vienna to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves13%Tornadoes11%Heat waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Vienna faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Vienna flood?

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

1paid claims since 1985

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Maries County.

Disasters that hit Vienna

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ViennaDeclared for Maries County only

2025

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

$79K to the City of Vienna for repairs

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2015

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

7 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$9K to the City of Vienna for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$1K to the City of Vienna for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$18K to the City of Vienna for repairs

Maries County has had 23 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. Vienna 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 Vienna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Vienna. 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.