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Lincoln County, Missouri

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 29113 · 61,586 residents (2021) · 627 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 123Tornado · 24Flood · 56Wind · 201Winter · 57

Lincoln County within Missouri. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Lincoln County, Missouri, has 537 weather events in the NCEI Storm Events record since 1950, most of them damaging wind.

That is 85.7 events per 100 square miles, in line with the Missouri figure of 106.7, and 87.2 per 10,000 residents against 118.9 statewide.

21 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 2 deaths and 31 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $19M and crop damage at $25K.

FEMA has designated the county in 29 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding (major disaster, 1 Sep 2021).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 2,253 claims since 1978, of which 1,991 were paid, totalling $37M (about $19K per paid claim). FEMA counts 167 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively Low" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively Low" ($32M a year across 18 hazards).

21events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

537events since 19502 deaths, 31 injuries recorded

29disaster declarationslast 1 Sep 2021

2,253NFIP flood claims$37M paid

Compared with Missouri and the United States

Measure	Lincoln County	Missouri	US
Recorded events since 1950	537	73,339	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	85.7	106.7	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	87.2	118.9	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	21	1,920	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	2	1,009	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$19M	$12B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	36.6	8.3	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$19K	$23K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	186.2	51.0	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Tornado: 4Wind: 4

Hail: 2Tornado: 2Wind: 4

Hail: 2Tornado: 1Wind: 5

Hail: 5Tornado: 2Wind: 17

Hail: 18Tornado: 1Wind: 44Winter: 13Heat: 2

Hail: 47Tornado: 7Flood: 24Wind: 59Winter: 23Heat: 24Cold: 2Drought: 3Lightning: 1Other: 2

Hail: 32Tornado: 5Flood: 24Wind: 42Winter: 14Heat: 26Cold: 2Drought: 9

Hail: 17Tornado: 2Flood: 8Wind: 26Winter: 7Heat: 4Cold: 1

81950s81960s81970s241980s781990s1922000s1542010s652020s

Recorded events in Lincoln County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterHeatColdDroughtLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 285 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 202 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind201

Hail123

Winter57

Flood56

Heat56

Tornado24

Drought12

Cold5

Other2

Lightning1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	201	—	0.9%	detail
■ Hail	123	—	0.6%	detail
■ Winter	57	—	0.9%	detail
■ Flood	56	—	0.5%	detail
■ Heat	56	2	1.5%
■ Tornado	24	—	0.8%	detail
■ Drought	12	—	0.5%
■ Cold	5	—	0.3%
■ Other	2	—	0.2%
■ Lightning	1	—	0.4%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
24 Jul 2017	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	1	Forecast zone
20 Jul 2005	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
28 Aug 2000	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	7	Forecast zone
13 Mar 2006	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$2.5M	—	—	6	County
21 Aug 2001	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	4	Forecast zone
18 Jul 1999	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	3	Forecast zone
1 Sep 2000	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	3	Forecast zone
14 Mar 1953	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$25K	—	—	1	County
18 Dec 1957	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$25K	—	—	1	County
13 Mar 1973	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$25K	—	—	1	County
18 Jul 1998	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	1	Forecast zone
26 Jul 2002	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	1	Forecast zone
1 Aug 2002	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	1	Forecast zone
3 Jul 2003	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	1	Forecast zone
2 Jun 2019	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$5.4M	—	—	—	County
20 Jul 2025	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$5.0M	—	—	—	County
4 May 2019	Flood	Flood	—	$2.0M	—	—	—	County
4 Jun 2008	Flood	Flood	—	$1.6M	—	—	—	County
27 Jun 2008	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$500K	—	—	—	County
19 Jun 2008	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$500K	—	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
1 Sep 2021	DR-4612	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Public assistance
26 Mar 2020	DR-4490	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3482	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
9 Jul 2019	DR-4451	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
21 Jan 2016	DR-4250	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
2 Jan 2016	EM-3374	Emergency	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Public assistance
7 Aug 2015	DR-4238	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Public assistance
18 Jul 2013	DR-4130	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Public assistance
3 Feb 2011	EM-3317	Emergency	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
30 Jan 2009	EM-3303	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
13 Nov 2008	DR-1809	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And A Tornado	Individual assistance, Public assistance
25 Jun 2008	DR-1773	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
19 Mar 2008	DR-1749	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
27 Dec 2007	DR-1736	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
12 Dec 2007	EM-3281	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
15 Jan 2007	DR-1676	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
16 Mar 2006	DR-1631	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding	Individual assistance
10 Sep 2005	EM-3232	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
6 May 2003	DR-1463	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance
6 May 2002	DR-1412	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding	Public assistance
2 Jun 1995	DR-1054	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Hail, Flooding	Individual assistance
21 Apr 1994	DR-1023	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding	Individual assistance
9 Jul 1993	DR-995	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 May 1993	DR-989	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance
10 Dec 1982	DR-672	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance
21 Apr 1979	DR-579	Major disaster	Tornado	Tornadoes, Torrential Rain & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
24 Sep 1976	EM-3017	Emergency	Drought	Drought	Public assistance
19 Apr 1973	DR-372	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Heavy Rains, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
14 Jun 1965	DR-198	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Lincoln County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 19782,253

Paid claims1,991

Total paid$37M

Average paid claim$19K

Repetitive-loss properties17428 severe

Residential policies in force1670.6% of 27,653 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	4	4	$60,392	$15,098
2025	9	8	$267,001	$33,375
2024	14	14	$141,315	$10,094
2023	6	6	$92,163	$15,360
2022	8	7	$178,657	$25,522
2021	9	9	$156,708	$17,412
2020	24	22	$280,654	$12,757
2019	176	161	$6,072,569	$37,718
2018	39	37	$138,539	$3,744
2017	22	20	$173,987	$8,699
2016	11	8	$25,516	$3,189
2015	123	95	$1,612,590	$16,975
2014	36	27	$184,496	$6,833
2013	87	69	$810,662	$11,749
2011	25	21	$101,149	$4,817
2010	37	31	$86,108	$2,778
2009	27	23	$70,307	$3,057
2008	296	275	$10,080,832	$36,658
2007	7	7	$25,477	$3,640
2005	1	0	$0	—
2004	4	3	$3,937	$1,312
2003	3	2	$13,073	$6,537
2002	26	20	$72,800	$3,640
2001	66	59	$1,149,960	$19,491
2000	12	4	$13,786	$3,446

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskRelatively Lowscore 67.1 of 100

Expected annual loss$32MRelatively Low

Social vulnerabilityVery Low

Community resilienceRelatively High

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$15,943,622
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$4,809,514
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$3,377,131
Cold wave	Relatively Moderate	$2,573,657
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$1,651,714
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$1,584,281
Hail	Relatively Moderate	$937,282
Lightning	Relatively Moderate	$433,762
Drought	Relatively Low	$107,832
Wildfire	Very Low	$95,925
Winter weather	Relatively Low	$95,640
Ice storm	Relatively Low	$40,305
Landslide	Relatively Low	$27,119
Hurricane	Very Low	$3,561

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

No HURDAT2 track at tropical-storm strength passes within 100 miles of the county's centre point (through the 2025 season).

ZIP codes with flood claims

63343 778
63347 468
63389 437
63369 312
63379 82
63377 71
63362 29
63344 11

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Lincoln County, MO?

NCEI records 123 hail events in Lincoln County since 1950, in 38 different years; that is about 1.6 recorded events a year. 29 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Lincoln County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 24 tornadoes in Lincoln County since 1950, 3 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 0.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Lincoln County?

1 Sep 2021: Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding, a major disaster declaration for severe storm. The county appears in 29 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Lincoln County, and how much was paid?

2,253 NFIP claims since 1978, 1,991 of them paid, for $37M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Lincoln County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Relatively Low" for overall risk, "Relatively Low" for expected annual loss, "Very Low" for social vulnerability and "Relatively High" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Lincoln County compare with the rest of Missouri?

85.7 recorded events per 100 square miles against 106.7 statewide, and 36.6 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 8.3. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.