Natural hazards · Albert

Albert, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Albert comes from hail, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1993. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Albert?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Albert to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail41%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes13%Strong wind13%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Albert faces

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

Hail

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Albert flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Albert, from FEMA’s records.

3paid claims since 1993

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 2 claims, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barton County.

Disasters that hit Albert

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlbertDeclared for Barton County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides

$31K to the City of Albert for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $601 aid approved

Barton County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Albert 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 Albert’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Albert. 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.