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Bachelor, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bachelor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bachelor?

88
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bachelor to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding39%Wildfire21%Ice storms15%Hail6%Strong wind5%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Bachelor faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

21% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Ice storms

15% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bachelor flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bachelor isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Greenwood County.
Disasters that hit Bachelor

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BachelorDeclared for Greenwood County only
2024

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

$38K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
2019

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

$92K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$27K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
2015

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

$30K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$6K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$204K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$54K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$50K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$10K to the Township of Bachelor for repairs
Greenwood County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Bachelor

Bachelor and the towns around it

Eureka: Very high, mostly inland floodingQuincy: Very high, mostly inland floodingJanesville: Very high, mostly inland floodingFall River: Very high, mostly inland floodingPleasant Grove: Very high, mostly inland floodingSouth Salem: Very high, mostly inland floodingSpring Creek: Very high, mostly inland floodingOtter Creek: Very high, mostly inland floodingLane: Very high, mostly inland floodingToronto: High, mostly inland floodingMadison: Very high, mostly inland floodingSalem: Very high, mostly inland floodingTwin Grove: Very high, mostly inland floodingSalt Springs: Very high, mostly inland floodingVerdigris: High, mostly inland floodingBachelor: Very high, mostly inland flooding BachelorEurekaQuincyJanesvilleFall RiverPleasant Grove
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fall Rivermostly inland floodingVery high
Pleasant Grovemostly inland floodingVery high
Bachelormostly inland floodingVery high
Eurekamostly inland floodingVery high
Quincymostly inland floodingVery high
Janesvillemostly inland floodingVery high
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. Bachelor 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 Bachelor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bachelor. 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.

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