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Safest Counties From Natural Disasters in Missouri (2026)

Jackson has the lowest natural disaster risk of any county in Missouri, at 44.2, followed by St. Louis and Greene (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in Missouri

Top 25 of 115 counties with data.

Ranked by natural disaster risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in Missouri
RankCountyValue
1Jackson44.2
2St. Louis47.9
3Greene50.0
4St. Louis50.0
5Buchanan50.4
6Clay55.2
7Phelps55.6
8Platte56.0
9St. Charles56.8
10Jefferson60.4
11Taney61.0
12Pulaski62.1
13Saline62.2
14Boone62.8
15Johnson63.2
16Christian63.4
17Texas63.5
18Cass64.1
19Adair64.1
20St. Francois64.3
21Stone64.5
22Marion64.6
23Livingston64.7
24Cape Girardeau66.2
25Cole67.3

How this ranking works

This page ranks Missouri counties by natural disaster risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For natural disaster risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh natural disaster risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of natural disaster risk.

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