Natural hazards · Ashland

Ashland, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ashland comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ashland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ashland to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and drought.

Wildfire27%Drought27%Cold waves12%Tornadoes10%Hail9%Inland flooding8%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Ashland faces

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

Wildfire

27% of expected damage

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

Drought

27% of expected damage

Recorded about 79 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Ashland flood?

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

Disasters that hit Ashland

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AshlandDeclared for Clark County only

2024

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

$3K to the City of Ashland for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$40K to the City of Ashland for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$3K to the City of Ashland for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$15K to the City of Ashland for repairs

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

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