Natural hazards · Belleville

Belleville, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belleville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Belleville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belleville to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding20%Tornadoes20%Strong wind17%Ice storms15%Hail15%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Belleville faces

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

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 62 years in the area

Strong wind

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Ice storms

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter 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 Belleville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Republic County.

Disasters that hit Belleville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BellevilleDeclared for Republic County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$5K to the City of Belleville for repairs

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

Around Belleville

Belleville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellevillemostly inland floodingHigh

Freedommostly hailHigh

Bellevillemostly 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. Belleville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Belleville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Belleville. 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 Belleville total about $1.7M 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.