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Natural hazards · Webb

Webb, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Webb comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1982. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Webb?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Webb to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes25%Heat waves11%Everything else20%
By hazard

What Webb faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Heat waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Webb flood?

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

12paid claims since 1982
$319Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $6K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Webb isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Jasper County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Webb

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WebbDeclared for Jasper County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
2015

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

3 households applied for aid
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

49 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $18K to the City of Webb for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $60K to the City of Webb for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $47K aid approved
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$737K to the City of Webb for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$10K to the City of Webb for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $98K aid approved
Jasper County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Webb

Webb and the towns around it

Joplin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCarterville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLeawood: High, mostly inland floodingDuquesne: Low, mostly inland floodingDuenweg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrand Falls Plaza: High, mostly inland floodingRedings Mill: High, mostly inland floodingLoma Linda: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSaginaw: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAirport Drive: High, mostly inland floodingWebb City: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Webb CityJoplinCarterville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Webb Citymostly inland floodingModerate
Joplinmostly inland floodingModerate
Cartervillemostly 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. Webb covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Webb’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Webb. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Webb total about $4.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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