FEMA expects more hazard damage per building in Kissee Mills than in 66% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Kissee Mills gets a C for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 66% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (77%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Kissee Mills faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Ice storms
Tornadoes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Kissee Mills’ grade
River and rain flooding is 77% of the building damage FEMA expects in Kissee Mills, and Kissee Mills’ rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 74% of U.S. census tracts. Ice storms add 8%, at a rate in the top 2% of U.S. census tracts.
C higher expected damage per building than 66% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Kissee Mills’ residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $486K a year in losses across Kissee Mills: $219K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Kissee Mills flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Kissee Mills. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Kissee Mills isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Taney County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Kissee Mills
Disasters that paid out in Kissee Mills itself (aid to households or repair grants to Kissee Mills), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2017Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds and Flooding1 households applied for aid$7K aid approved
- 2011Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding1 households applied for aid$2K aid approved
- 2008Severe Storms and Flooding3 households applied for aid$7K aid approved
Taney County has had 18 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Ice brings down trees and lines: plan for days without power.
- Run a generator outside, far from doors and windows.
- Keep sand or salt by the door.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Kissee Mills
Is Kissee Mills at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Kissee Mills has higher expected damage per building than 66% of U.S. towns: C for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (77%) and ice storms (8%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Kissee Mills in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Taney County, 15% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.6% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Kissee Mills?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Kissee Mills’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Kissee Mills?
By FEMA money that reached Kissee Mills, Severe Storms and Flooding (2008): 3 households applied for aid, $7K approved.
Is Kissee Mills at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (77%), and Kissee Mills’ rate for it is higher than 74% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Kissee Mills.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Kissee Mills’ residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.