Natural hazards · Burlingame

Burlingame, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burlingame comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2007. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burlingame?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burlingame to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding40%Ice storms17%Tornadoes12%Strong wind6%Hail5%Lightning5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Burlingame faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

17% 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 13 years in the area

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

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

Winter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Burlingame flood?

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

2paid claims since 2007

$50Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Burlingame 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 Burlingame

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurlingameDeclared for Osage County only

2013

Snowstorm

$6K to the City of Burlingame for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$25K to the City of Burlingame for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $90K aid approved $2K to the City of Burlingame for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$49K to the City of Burlingame for repairs

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

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