Natural hazards · Balderson

Balderson, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Balderson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1992. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Balderson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Balderson to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes20%Strong wind12%Hail8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Balderson faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 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 Balderson flood?

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

2paid claims since 1992

$34Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19922026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $20K

Disasters that hit Balderson

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BaldersonDeclared for Marshall County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$19K to the Township of Balderson for repairs

2009

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

$10K to the Township of Balderson for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Balderson for repairs

Marshall County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Balderson

Balderson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Libertymostly inland floodingHigh

Barnestonmostly inland floodingHigh

Baldersonmostly inland floodingModerate

Oketomostly inland floodingModerate

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

Richlandmostly 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. Balderson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Balderson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Balderson. 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 Balderson total about $2.1M 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.