Schuyler County, MO Environment & Hazard Risk

• LandslideRelatively Low$5,293/yr expected annual loss, about once every 3 years
• DroughtRelatively Low$163K/yr expected annual loss, about 15 events a year
• WildfireVery Low$21.96K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 747 years
• TornadoRelatively Low$616K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 6 years
• Heat waveVery Low$146K/yr expected annual loss, about 7.9 events a year
• HailVery Low$85.19K/yr expected annual loss, about 3.5 events a year
• EarthquakeVery Low$24.09K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 914 years
• Strong windRelatively Low$136K/yr expected annual loss, about 3.7 events a year
• LightningVery Low$37.24K/yr expected annual loss, about 46 events a year
• Cold waveVery Low$98.48K/yr expected annual loss, about 4.7 events a year
• Winter weatherVery Low$6,566/yr expected annual loss, about 11 events a year
• Ice stormVery Low$3,897/yr expected annual loss, about once every 4 years
• HurricaneVery Low$855/yr expected annual loss, about once every 100 years

Bars show the national percentile score (0 to 100) for each hazard. Dollar figures are expected annual losses to buildings, people and crops. Not rated here: avalanche, coastal flooding, riverine flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

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• Hail31
• Thunderstorm Wind26
• Winter Storm24
• Drought21
• Flash Flood14 · 1 death
• Heat12
• Winter Weather9
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill9
• Heavy Snow9
• Ice Storm7

• Flash Flood05/13/2010

  Lancaster, Schuyler County

  1 death

  What happened

  Flash flooding caused pavement over a culvert to give way. This caused the front end of a vehicle, to fall through the roadway. While attempting to get out of the vehicle, a 32 year old male, was swept away by the current and drowned.

• Heavy Snow04/10/1997

  Schuyler

  $2.25M damage

  What happened

  Heavy wet snow fell across the Northern third of Missouri throughout the day on the 10th followed by a second band of snow during the early morning hours of the 11th. Since temperatures were near or slightly over freezing during the snowfall, some of the snow melted quickly but 6 to 12 inches of snow accumulated with well over a foot in many locations. The heaviest snow fell along and to the north of Highway 136 from Albany in Gentry County to Prineton in Mercer County to Lancaster in Schuyler County. The greatest totals were recorded in Schuyler and Mercer Counties where 20-24 inches of snow was reported. Schuyler County Emergency Management reported 24 inches of snow at Lancaster and a Mercer County Cooperative Observer measured 20 inches of snow in Lake Pahoe. Mercer County Emergency Management officials reported 18 inches of snowfall in Mercer and 14 inches in Priceton. Elsewhere in Northern Missouri, Cooperative Observers reported 17 inches of snow in Grant City, 14 inches in Bethany and 13 to 18 inches in Unionville. Observers in Albany reported 15 to 20 inches of heavy wet snow. In Schuyler County, just over 2 million dollars of damage was reported as a...

• Winter Storm11/29/2025

  Schuyler

• Thunderstorm Wind52 kt wind06/03/2025

  Greentop, Schuyler County

• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill02/18/2025

  Schuyler

• Thunderstorm Wind56 kt wind08/27/2024

  Queen City, Schuyler County

• Hail1" hail08/27/2024

  Queen City, Schuyler County

• Thunderstorm Wind52 kt wind06/26/2024

  Lancaster, Schuyler County

• Thunderstorm Wind52 kt wind06/26/2024

  Lancaster, Schuyler County

• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill01/13/2024

  Schuyler

• Schuyler County Consolidated Pwsd 1Serves 3,482 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Lancaster PwsServes 728 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+3 monitoring or reporting
• Downing PwsServes 335 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Glenwood PwsServes 195 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+12 monitoring or reporting