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Natural hazards · Bruno

Bruno, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bruno comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 2009. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bruno?

69
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bruno to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding29%Tornadoes25%Wildfire17%Cold waves9%Heat waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Bruno faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Wildfire

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bruno flood?

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

31paid claims since 2009
$2.0Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20092026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bruno isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Butler County.
Disasters that hit Bruno

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrunoDeclared for Butler County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm

$158K to the Township of Bruno for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$19K to the Township of Bruno for repairs
2009

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

$42K to the Township of Bruno for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$39K to the Township of Bruno for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$37K to the Township of Bruno for repairs
2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$28K to the Township of Bruno for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$73K to the Township of Bruno for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the Township of Bruno for repairs
Butler County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Bruno

Bruno and the towns around it

Augusta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWichita: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAndover: Moderate, mostly tornadoesAugusta: High, mostly inland floodingPleasant: Moderate, mostly tornadoesBenton: High, mostly inland floodingMinneha: High, mostly inland floodingRiverside: High, mostly inland floodingWaco: High, mostly inland floodingAttica: Low, mostly inland floodingPark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKechi: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGypsum: Moderate, mostly wildfiresMaize: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMcConnell AFB: Very low, mostly inland floodingPayne: Low, mostly inland floodingBel Aire: Low, mostly inland floodingValley Center: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpring: High, mostly inland floodingTowanda: High, mostly inland floodingWalnut: Very high, mostly wildfiresRichland: High, mostly inland floodingRose Hill: Moderate, mostly tornadoesMurdock: High, mostly inland floodingEastborough: High, mostly inland floodingBruno: High, mostly inland flooding BrunoAugustaWichitaAndoverAugustaPleasantBentonMinneha
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Augustamostly inland floodingHigh
Minnehamostly inland floodingHigh
Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh
Brunomostly inland floodingHigh
Wichitamostly inland floodingModerate
Andovermostly tornadoesModerate
Pleasantmostly tornadoesModerate
Augustamostly 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. Bruno covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bruno’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bruno. 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 Bruno total about $9.4M 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.

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