Natural hazards · Whiteman AFB

Whiteman AFB, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Whiteman AFB comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Whiteman AFB?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Whiteman AFB to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves25%Heat waves11%Tornadoes11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Whiteman AFB faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

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 Whiteman AFB flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Whiteman AFB.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

Disasters that hit Whiteman AFB

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Johnson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Whiteman AFB itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Whiteman AFBDeclared for Johnson County only

Johnson County has had 18 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. Whiteman AFB covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Whiteman AFB’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Whiteman AFB. 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 Whiteman AFB total about $1.0M 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.