Strong Wind Risk in Missouri

All Missouri counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind score

Strong Wind risk — damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes — is rated for 115 of 115 Missouri counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Stone County carries the state's highest strong wind score at 99.4, with $10M in expected annual strong wind losses.

20 Missouri counties are rated High or Very High for strong wind, and expected annual losses from strong wind total roughly $123M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Strong Wind

#CountyStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Stone County
99.4
Very High 5.96 / yr $10M
2 Jefferson County
98.6
Very High 5.60 / yr $9M
3 St. Charles County
98.1
Very High 5.89 / yr $10M
4 Benton County
98.0
High 4.04 / yr $3M
5 Jackson County
96.1
High 6.19 / yr $4M
6 St. Louis City
94.5
High 6.25 / yr $2M
7 Franklin County
93.9
High 5.35 / yr $3M
8 St. Francois County
93.9
High 4.34 / yr $2M
9 Perry County
93.7
High 4.26 / yr $3M
10 Lawrence County
92.0
High 6.32 / yr $2M
11 Cass County
91.3
High 6.13 / yr $3M
12 Boone County
91.0
High 3.39 / yr $3M
13 St. Louis County
89.8
High 5.93 / yr $2M
14 Jasper County
88.4
High 6.02 / yr $2M
15 Greene County
87.1
High 5.66 / yr $2M
16 Scott County
87.0
High 3.65 / yr $2M
17 Barry County
85.7
High 6.25 / yr $1M
18 Buchanan County
85.2
High 6.42 / yr $2M
19 Platte County
84.9
High 6.71 / yr $3M
20 Newton County
84.7
High 6.55 / yr $1M
21 Stoddard County
83.9
Medium 2.85 / yr $1M
22 Butler County
82.6
Medium 2.40 / yr $1M
23 Webster County
80.6
Medium 5.26 / yr $2M
24 McDonald County
80.1
Medium 6.33 / yr $1M
25 Lincoln County
79.9
Medium 5.77 / yr $2M
26 Christian County
77.8
Medium 5.58 / yr $2M
27 Wright County
77.0
Medium 4.73 / yr $800K
28 Cole County
76.9
Medium 3.56 / yr $2M
29 Polk County
76.5
Medium 5.29 / yr $997K
30 Cape Girardeau County
75.3
Medium 4.03 / yr $1M
31 Taney County
75.3
Medium 5.08 / yr $895K
32 Washington County
75.0
Medium 4.52 / yr $831K
33 Howell County
72.2
Medium 2.70 / yr $822K
34 Henry County
72.2
Medium 4.65 / yr $813K
35 Shannon County
71.8
Medium 2.66 / yr $633K
36 Barton County
71.3
Medium 5.61 / yr $852K
37 Ste. Genevieve County
70.9
Medium 5.05 / yr $1M
38 Marion County
70.5
Medium 3.89 / yr $1M
39 New Madrid County
70.3
Medium 2.79 / yr $908K
40 Bates County
68.2
Medium 5.45 / yr $818K
41 Pettis County
67.7
Medium 3.92 / yr $921K
42 Pulaski County
65.5
Medium 4.19 / yr $1M
43 Cedar County
64.0
Medium 5.23 / yr $693K
44 Texas County
62.9
Medium 3.51 / yr $572K
45 Carter County
62.8
Medium 2.37 / yr $471K
46 Callaway County
62.4
Medium 3.98 / yr $741K
47 Mississippi County
62.2
Medium 3.28 / yr $629K
48 Crawford County
61.5
Medium 4.02 / yr $772K
49 Douglas County
60.8
Medium 4.65 / yr $602K
50 Phelps County
59.3
Medium 3.40 / yr $759K
51 Clay County
58.8
Medium 6.44 / yr $964K
52 Lewis County
58.5
Medium 4.01 / yr $622K
53 Camden County
58.0
Medium 4.23 / yr $573K
54 Dunklin County
57.5
Medium 2.03 / yr $494K
55 Audrain County
56.8
Medium 3.89 / yr $522K
56 Iron County
56.2
Medium 3.34 / yr $523K
57 Pike County
56.0
Medium 4.81 / yr $669K
58 Madison County
55.8
Medium 3.56 / yr $584K
59 Lafayette County
55.4
Medium 4.87 / yr $748K
60 Hickory County
55.4
Medium 4.77 / yr $433K
61 Ozark County
55.2
Medium 4.11 / yr $377K
62 Clark County
55.2
Medium 4.27 / yr $553K
63 Warren County
55.0
Medium 5.58 / yr $938K
64 Wayne County
54.9
Medium 2.76 / yr $375K
65 Dade County
54.9
Medium 6.04 / yr $519K
66 Dallas County
53.7
Medium 5.07 / yr $492K
67 Ripley County
53.2
Medium 2.30 / yr $452K
68 Morgan County
52.4
Medium 3.71 / yr $369K
69 Bollinger County
51.1
Low 3.37 / yr $627K
70 Pemiscot County
50.8
Low 2.27 / yr $360K
71 Adair County
50.1
Low 3.33 / yr $666K
72 Clinton County
49.7
Low 6.20 / yr $643K
73 Vernon County
49.0
Low 5.09 / yr $523K
74 Scotland County
48.3
Low 3.94 / yr $308K
75 Saline County
46.2
Low 3.86 / yr $452K
76 Laclede County
45.0
Low 4.73 / yr $436K
77 Harrison County
44.5
Low 3.50 / yr $354K
78 Miller County
42.5
Low 3.64 / yr $431K
79 Macon County
41.4
Low 3.05 / yr $390K
80 Ray County
40.7
Low 5.15 / yr $402K
81 St. Clair County
40.4
Low 4.83 / yr $298K
82 Johnson County
39.4
Low 4.78 / yr $549K
83 Dent County
38.9
Low 3.07 / yr $378K
84 Nodaway County
38.0
Low 4.00 / yr $451K
85 Randolph County
37.0
Low 3.15 / yr $407K
86 Oregon County
36.8
Low 2.44 / yr $260K
87 Daviess County
35.4
Low 3.80 / yr $268K
88 Andrew County
33.9
Low 4.74 / yr $493K
89 Montgomery County
33.3
Low 4.76 / yr $267K
90 Moniteau County
33.1
Low 3.52 / yr $317K
91 Knox County
30.4
Low 3.62 / yr $232K
92 Linn County
29.3
Low 2.95 / yr $236K
93 Grundy County
28.9
Low 3.22 / yr $235K
94 Gasconade County
28.7
Low 4.48 / yr $322K
95 DeKalb County
28.6
Low 4.66 / yr $340K
96 Monroe County
27.2
Low 3.48 / yr $240K
97 Ralls County
27.0
Low 4.00 / yr $371K
98 Gentry County
26.7
Low 4.14 / yr $204K
99 Putnam County
24.8
Low 3.42 / yr $189K
100 Reynolds County
24.7
Low 2.87 / yr $198K
101 Shelby County
24.7
Low 3.47 / yr $249K
102 Sullivan County
23.3
Low 3.19 / yr $194K
103 Maries County
23.0
Low 3.74 / yr $216K
104 Osage County
22.9
Low 4.06 / yr $232K
105 Atchison County
22.5
Low 4.15 / yr $187K
106 Livingston County
21.3
Low 3.55 / yr $229K
107 Cooper County
20.8
Low 3.41 / yr $291K
108 Caldwell County
20.6
Low 4.93 / yr $158K
109 Mercer County
20.5
Low 3.41 / yr $138K
110 Carroll County
19.8
Low 4.13 / yr $159K
111 Schuyler County
19.7
Low 3.65 / yr $136K
112 Holt County
18.2
Low 4.69 / yr $170K
113 Chariton County
15.8
Very Low 3.24 / yr $118K
114 Howard County
15.8
Very Low 3.29 / yr $159K
115 Worth County
9.4
Very Low 3.75 / yr $66K

115 Missouri counties with measurable strong wind risk. See the national strong wind ranking or all Missouri counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Missouri county has the highest strong wind risk?

Stone County has the highest FEMA strong wind risk score in Missouri at 99.4 (Very High), with $10M in expected annual losses and about 5.96 events per year.

How many Missouri counties face significant strong wind risk?

115 Missouri counties record measurable strong wind risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 20 of them are rated High or Very High.

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