Camden County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Camden County: 4.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by MO DNR (7), NASA (1).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Nov 30, 2006Winter Storm, Camden$120 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A major winter storm caused a combination of freezing rain, sleet, and heavy snow to fall over sections of southwest and central Missouri. The frozen precipitation began on the 30th, the precipitation type was freezing rain and sleet, with ice accumulations up to four inches in some areas. The second wave of precipitation occurred overnight causing large amount of snow to accumulate over the ice. Storm total accumulations ranging from 13 to 17 inches occurred from the Lake of the Ozarks Region, over to Vernon and Cedar counties. Meanwhile other areas north of the Interstate 44 corridor experienced storm totals ranging from seven to 12 inches.|The combination of the ice and snow…

2. Apr 28, 2026Hail$59.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A hail swath from quarters to golf balls in size fell along a path from Decaturville to Montreal where a left moving supercell moved to the northeast and weakened before leaving the county. Along the storms path, numerous homes, vehicles, businesses, equipment, crops, livestock and other structures were damaged.

3. May 4, 2003Tornado$5.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A long lived cyclic supercell that had a history of producing large and destructive tornadoes spawned another large tornado in rural south central Camden County. This tornado then tracked northeast into more populated areas south of Camdenton, where it claimed the lives of four local residents. Approximately 50 homes and outbuildings were destroyed along with significant agricultural loss. Roy Wright age 53, was deceased from being tossed from his mobile home as the tornado struck.George and Betty Jones ages 75 and 76, were taking cover in there bath tub while the tornado directly struck their frame home. They were deceased from being tossed into a field about three feet from each…

4. Aug 1, 2012Drought, Camden$4.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The U.S Drought Monitor continued to report Extreme Drought (D3) to Exceptional Drought (D4) throughout the month of August. The region started seeing some rainfall by the end of the month. The KH21 AWOS station near Camdenton reported 2.49 of rainfall for the month of August. This is a continuation of the drought that began across the region in June. As a result of the limited rainfall combined with the excessive heat, the USDA Service center indicated that crop losses were 75 percent of the spring planting. Many farmers and ranchers reported having to feed hay as pastures stopped growing and became dry through the month which added to operation costs. Monetary crop loss figures…

5. May 8, 2023Hail$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hen egg sized hail was reported. Multiple vehicles, trailers and businesses suffered damage from hail.

6. Dec 26, 2015Flood$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several floating boat docks and boat lifts broke away during the flooding on Lake of the Ozarks. Several boats were lost or sunk during the flooding. Nearly all low water crossings across the county were flooded. Several roads were damaged from flood water. Several homes around the Lake of the Ozarks were flooded and had property damage. The Sunny Slope neighborhood and areas along the Niangua River were hardest hit by flood waters. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event.

7. Aug 9, 2013Flood$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This storm report will include the total estimated damages for the flooding event. Numerous low water crossings were damaged due to flood waters and a couple cars were stalled in high water across the county. Several homes were flooded. Several high water rescues were performed.

8. Mar 18, 2008Flash Flood$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Four to six inches of rain fell over Camden County. All low areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded. Damage to county roads and bridges was common.

9. Mar 8, 2000Wildfire$850,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   High winds gusting to around 40 mph on March 8th combined with low humidity and dry brush to create extremely hazardous fire conditions in central and south central Missouri. The ongoing drought over the region contributed to the overall dry surface conditions. Afternoon humidity levels dropped to around 20 percent on the afternoon of the 8th. Cooler temperatures and higher humidity levels on the 9th and 10th allowed fire crews to get control of the fires by the evening of the 10th.More than 17 residences and 31 structures were destroyed by more than 70 separate fires. The largest number of fires and structural damage occurred in the Camden and northern Laclede county areas. Local…

10. Aug 7, 2000Thunderstorm Wind$520,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A microburst type system caused extensive damage near the 50-mile marker on Coffman Bend. Winds were believed to have been coming across the Coffman Bend peninsula at about 80 mph during the storm. More than 20 docks were damaged or destroyed. A number of walkways were left twisted and turned, several boats were turned upside down, some tossed up on the shoreline. Estimated damage (20 Docks ~ 15,000/dock, 1 House ~ 75,000, 4 New Boats ~ 25,000/boat, 4 Older Boats ~ 10,000/boat, Marina ~ 5,000)

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

114°FJul 15, 1954

All-time low

−15°F4 times, most recently Dec 24, 1989

Warmest night

85°F2 times, most recently Jun 21, 2021

Coldest day

−2°F2 times, most recently Dec 25, 1983

Wettest day

8.20 inAug 14, 1946

Snowiest day

17.0 inFeb 1, 2011

Hottest year

1938mean 60.3°F

Coldest year

1966mean 53.7°F

Wettest year

199362.72 in

Driest year

195323.91 in

Station Lakeside (USC00234694), 590 ft elevation, 11.3 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1931 to June 30, 2026; 90.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00234694.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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