Natural hazards · Benedict

Benedict, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Benedict comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Benedict?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Benedict to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes17%Drought10%Cold waves10%Strong wind9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Benedict faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 33 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Benedict flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilson County.

Disasters that hit Benedict

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BenedictDeclared for Wilson County only

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Wilson County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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