Natural hazards · White Branch

White Branch, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in White Branch comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is White Branch?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in White Branch to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding47%Strong wind22%Tornadoes12%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What White Branch faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 White Branch flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in White Branch.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Benton County.

Disasters that hit White Branch

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Benton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching White Branch itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into White BranchDeclared for Benton County only

Benton County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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. White Branch 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 White Branch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to White Branch. 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.