Natural hazards · Barclay

Barclay, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barclay comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barclay?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barclay to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding31%Ice storms15%Tornadoes12%Hail7%Wildfire7%Strong wind6%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Barclay faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Barclay flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Osage County.

Disasters that hit Barclay

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarclayDeclared for Osage County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$77K to the Township of Barclay for repairs

2019

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

$60K to the Township of Barclay for repairs

2015

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

$14K to the Township of Barclay for repairs

2013

Snowstorm

$2K to the Township of Barclay for repairs

2011

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

$3K to the Township of Barclay for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$4K to the Township of Barclay for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$82K to the Township of Barclay for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$22K to the Township of Barclay for repairs

Osage County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Barclay

Barclay and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Readingmostly inland floodingVery high

Barclaymostly inland floodingHigh

Arvoniamostly inland floodingHigh

Grantmostly inland floodingHigh

Superiormostly inland floodingHigh

Olivetmostly inland floodingHigh

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