Natural hazards · Americus

Americus, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Americus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1993.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Americus?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Americus to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Wildfire15%Tornadoes12%Ice storms7%Cold waves5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Americus faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Americus flood?

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

8paid claims since 1993

$66Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lyon County.

Disasters that hit Americus

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lyon County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Americus itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into AmericusDeclared for Lyon County only

Lyon County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Americus

Americus and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fremontmostly inland floodingVery high

Agnes Citymostly inland floodingVery high

Americusmostly inland floodingHigh

Pikemostly inland floodingHigh

Emporiamostly inland floodingModerate

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. Americus covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Americus total about $1.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.