Natural hazards · West Sullivan

West Sullivan, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Sullivan comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Sullivan?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Sullivan to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves33%Inland flooding17%Heat waves16%Earthquakes12%Tornadoes9%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What West Sullivan faces

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

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 West Sullivan flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in West Sullivan.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit West Sullivan

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Crawford County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching West Sullivan itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into West SullivanDeclared for Crawford County only

Crawford County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around West Sullivan

West Sullivan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Sullivanmostly cold wavesLow

St. Cloudmostly cold wavesLow

Sullivanmostly inland floodingLow

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. West Sullivan 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 West Sullivan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of West Sullivan. 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.