Natural hazards · Afton

Afton, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Afton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Afton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Afton to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes20%Cold waves15%Hail9%Wildfire6%Heat waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Afton faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Afton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Afton.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Afton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Sedgwick County.

Disasters that hit Afton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Afton itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Afton.

Brought FEMA money into AftonDeclared for Sedgwick County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$55K to the Township of Afton for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$11K to the Township of Afton for repairs

Sedgwick County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Afton

Afton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Aftonmostly inland floodingModerate

Garden Plainmostly inland floodingModerate

Illinoismostly inland floodingLow

Violamostly inland floodingLow

Mortonmostly inland floodingLow

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Afton is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Afton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Afton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.