FEMA NRI 1.19.0Updated Nov 2023 · Coverage 2014–2023Methodology

Missouri Disaster Risk

Natural disaster risk data for all 115 counties.

Avg FEMA Rating

Relatively Low

Avg Percentile

51th

Counties with Data

115

of 115 total

County risk atlas

Missouri hazard exposure by county

A compact 2.5D surface of FEMA National Risk Index percentiles. Toggle composite, flood, wildfire, hurricane, tornado, and earthquake risk to see which counties carry the highest relative exposure without loading the full national explorer dataset.

Counties

115/115

Avg composite

51th

Risk layers

Highest Risk Counties

St. Louis County

Relatively High

99th percentile

St. Louis city

Relatively High

99th percentile

Jackson County

Relatively High

97th percentile

St. Charles County

Relatively Moderate

93th percentile

Jefferson County

Relatively Moderate

91th percentile

Lowest Risk Counties

Schuyler County

Very Low

4th percentile

Worth County

Very Low

8th percentile

Putnam County

Very Low

8th percentile

Sullivan County

Very Low

10th percentile

Mercer County

Very Low

12th percentile

All Missouri Counties

County	Percentile	FEMA Rating	Flood	Wildfire	Tornado	Earthquake
St. Louis County	99th	Relatively High	99.1	61.7	98.1	99.0
St. Louis city	99th	Relatively High	97.0	3.0	98.9	98.5
Jackson County	97th	Relatively High	96.5	49.2	99.5	82.2
St. Charles County	93th	Relatively Moderate	94.2	58.8	96.4	94.6
Jefferson County	91th	Relatively Moderate	91.4	53.1	95.1	93.4
Greene County	90th	Relatively Moderate	88.8	72.4	94.9	92.9
Clay County	90th	Relatively Moderate	87.8	69.1	96.2	63.7
Camden County	88th	Relatively Moderate	93.3	81.8	83.9	79.2
Boone County	86th	Relatively Moderate	87.8	70.7	92.3	87.0
Cape Girardeau County	86th	Relatively Moderate	78.1	32.7	77.6	96.6
Jasper County	86th	Relatively Moderate	84.9	66.3	95.6	79.0
Taney County	84th	Relatively Moderate	89.1	67.9	77.7	76.0
Franklin County	83th	Relatively Moderate	85.4	66.7	86.5	89.9
Butler County	83th	Relatively Moderate	79.1	39.4	90.1	95.1
Dunklin County	80th	Relatively Low	42.7	7.8	73.7	96.4
Scott County	80th	Relatively Low	49.0	11.3	89.9	96.2
St. Francois County	79th	Relatively Low	70.4	57.3	85.1	91.5
Pemiscot County	78th	Relatively Low	27.5	3.9	83.8	96.2
Howell County	78th	Relatively Low	79.6	75.4	76.6	91.1
Newton County	78th	Relatively Low	80.0	77.3	87.9	69.9
Stone County	77th	Relatively Low	74.7	64.1	69.1	66.3
Morgan County	75th	Relatively Low	82.7	72.3	79.1	67.1
Barry County	75th	Relatively Low	79.4	67.6	85.0	70.4
Cass County	75th	Relatively Low	70.5	29.5	89.9	54.4
Buchanan County	74th	Relatively Low	68.5	57.8	89.7	45.0
Stoddard County	74th	Relatively Low	41.6	13.4	75.3	95.5
Cole County	73th	Relatively Low	73.5	71.7	84.3	82.3
New Madrid County	72th	Relatively Low	22.6	3.8	59.5	96.1
Platte County	71th	Relatively Low	65.9	60.6	88.0	42.1
Iron County	69th	Relatively Low	64.5	50.8	58.4	78.1
Washington County	68th	Relatively Low	52.6	56.0	65.2	82.9
Lincoln County	67th	Relatively Low	70.3	59.3	72.9	77.8
Wayne County	67th	Relatively Low	68.6	47.2	70.1	85.5
Benton County	67th	Relatively Low	67.4	69.5	74.7	59.4
Christian County	66th	Relatively Low	70.0	70.4	80.8	71.0
Lawrence County	66th	Relatively Low	67.2	53.4	84.1	71.2
Laclede County	66th	Relatively Low	61.4	78.2	58.9	80.7
McDonald County	64th	Relatively Low	73.7	72.8	73.3	38.7
Callaway County	64th	Relatively Low	68.4	66.2	61.6	75.9
Reynolds County	64th	Relatively Low	54.1	48.5	42.5	72.6
Texas County	62th	Relatively Low	49.2	64.9	63.1	80.1
Pettis County	62th	Relatively Low	60.3	51.7	80.5	69.3
Pulaski County	61th	Relatively Low	62.4	62.5	61.5	69.8
Shannon County	58th	Relatively Low	46.0	60.8	44.7	76.6
Wright County	57th	Relatively Low	62.3	64.6	57.1	76.1
Mississippi County	57th	Relatively Low	25.5	1.6	68.0	93.5
Ripley County	57th	Relatively Low	59.4	44.8	57.8	87.9
Clinton County	56th	Relatively Low	65.6	66.3	72.4	34.6
Warren County	55th	Relatively Low	61.2	56.6	55.2	73.3
Miller County	55th	Relatively Low	61.5	70.0	69.5	66.9
Crawford County	55th	Relatively Low	47.6	53.6	52.9	78.9
Johnson County	55th	Relatively Low	59.7	28.8	57.2	49.6
Ste. Genevieve County	55th	Relatively Low	52.6	36.2	57.9	81.6
Polk County	54th	Relatively Low	57.9	72.2	73.5	63.6
Carter County	54th	Relatively Low	60.6	47.5	40.1	82.2
Phelps County	54th	Relatively Low	52.4	57.9	38.5	79.5
Henry County	53th	Relatively Low	61.1	43.5	62.4	58.9
Dent County	53th	Relatively Low	32.7	60.0	44.9	78.2
Lafayette County	53th	Relatively Low	44.3	34.0	66.2	46.2
Saline County	52th	Relatively Low	58.5	30.2	60.5	60.1
Audrain County	51th	Relatively Low	55.3	41.8	55.8	77.2
Madison County	51th	Relatively Low	54.3	30.2	51.9	81.3
Oregon County	49th	Relatively Low	46.4	60.1	62.0	82.4
Marion County	48th	Relatively Low	59.3	30.8	45.8	50.9
Perry County	46th	Relatively Low	32.1	17.0	58.3	87.7
Vernon County	46th	Relatively Low	49.8	24.5	51.3	52.4
Nodaway County	46th	Relatively Low	51.0	53.0	75.3	19.4
Webster County	45th	Relatively Low	43.4	69.1	65.6	70.3
Ray County	44th	Relatively Low	48.8	55.0	57.9	35.3
Barton County	44th	Relatively Low	45.9	10.2	64.5	51.9
Dallas County	42th	Very Low	37.9	73.5	60.4	59.1
Pike County	40th	Very Low	45.1	42.0	37.9	62.7
Montgomery County	38th	Very Low	47.9	44.4	32.7	69.1
Macon County	37th	Very Low	47.7	52.6	66.0	54.5
Randolph County	36th	Very Low	37.4	38.4	67.7	60.3
Ozark County	36th	Very Low	42.0	60.8	51.8	64.7
Scotland County	33th	Very Low	18.3	55.2	51.8	30.3
Osage County	33th	Very Low	47.5	35.8	53.6	55.9
Carroll County	33th	Very Low	45.4	43.9	56.8	36.5
Gasconade County	32th	Very Low	46.1	34.3	35.2	62.7
Linn County	31th	Very Low	39.0	50.7	66.9	40.9
Moniteau County	31th	Very Low	32.5	67.7	56.2	56.6
Bates County	30th	Very Low	39.5	14.9	52.8	44.5
Daviess County	30th	Very Low	36.2	51.7	56.6	23.0
Chariton County	29th	Very Low	44.1	48.2	50.6	42.0
Harrison County	29th	Very Low	28.1	60.1	58.1	25.7
Gentry County	29th	Very Low	27.1	51.9	53.8	17.3
Adair County	29th	Very Low	31.4	42.9	75.2	39.2
Grundy County	28th	Very Low	30.2	46.8	64.7	30.7
Lewis County	27th	Very Low	37.1	36.7	32.8	38.5
Bollinger County	26th	Very Low	33.0	22.1	53.5	78.0
Cedar County	26th	Very Low	24.7	49.4	63.3	43.7
St. Clair County	26th	Very Low	35.8	53.1	36.1	41.7
Douglas County	24th	Very Low	27.0	58.7	46.1	63.4
Hickory County	23th	Very Low	32.4	69.4	46.5	42.9
Dade County	23th	Very Low	27.7	38.1	45.7	41.6
Livingston County	23th	Very Low	26.4	38.2	64.9	31.8
Andrew County	22th	Very Low	24.7	50.2	65.5	15.6
Clark County	22th	Very Low	30.5	47.4	25.6	32.8
Atchison County	22th	Very Low	25.6	28.8	43.6	14.2
Monroe County	21th	Very Low	24.1	31.9	43.2	46.0
Knox County	21th	Very Low	23.3	35.3	39.6	30.5
Maries County	21th	Very Low	28.9	45.5	43.9	51.5
Cooper County	20th	Very Low	29.9	40.4	50.8	47.8
DeKalb County	16th	Very Low	21.0	46.4	56.4	23.5
Shelby County	16th	Very Low	14.6	20.8	37.2	39.5
Holt County	16th	Very Low	21.7	32.8	40.8	16.7
Caldwell County	14th	Very Low	21.9	45.4	37.7	25.2
Ralls County	14th	Very Low	27.2	32.1	21.2	37.3
Howard County	14th	Very Low	23.2	31.9	44.6	40.7
Mercer County	12th	Very Low	17.9	48.3	44.0	17.2
Sullivan County	10th	Very Low	12.4	42.6	47.7	21.8
Putnam County	8th	Very Low	10.1	40.1	43.0	19.2
Worth County	8th	Very Low	4.6	34.1	23.5	5.6
Schuyler County	4th	Very Low	6.1	41.2	38.4	21.1

Frequently Asked Questions

Which county in Missouri has the highest natural disaster risk?

St. Louis County has the highest natural disaster risk in Missouri, rated Relatively High (99th percentile nationally), based on FEMA National Risk Index data.

Which county in Missouri is the safest from natural disasters?

Schuyler County has the lowest natural disaster risk in Missouri, rated Very Low (4th percentile nationally), based on FEMA NRI data.

What natural disasters are most common in Missouri?

Missouri counties face varying levels of risk from floods, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The FEMA National Risk Index scores each county across 18 hazard types. See individual county pages for detailed hazard breakdowns.

How is natural disaster risk measured by county?

The FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) measures natural disaster risk using expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Scores are normalized nationally, with ratings from Very Low to Very High across 18 natural hazard types.

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Data Source

Risk data sourced from the FEMA National Risk Index (NRI). Risk scores are relative rankings (0–100) across all US counties — not absolute risk measures. Higher scores indicate higher relative risk compared to other counties.

Disclaimer: This data is informational only. It is not financial, insurance, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional before making insurance or real estate decisions.

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