Natural hazards · Weston

Weston, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weston to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes15%Cold waves9%Heat waves6%Drought6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Weston faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Weston flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979

$80Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $8K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Platte County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Weston

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestonDeclared for Platte County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$43K to the City of Weston for repairs

2015

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

$63K to the City of Weston for repairs

2011

Flooding

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $363K to the City of Weston for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Platte County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Weston

Weston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Westonmostly inland floodingHigh

Kickapoomostly 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. Weston 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 Weston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Weston. 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.