Natural hazards · Catlin

Catlin, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Catlin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1993.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Catlin?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Catlin to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes19%Strong wind8%Hail8%Ice storms7%Heat waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Catlin 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 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherCold 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 Catlin flood?

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

14paid claims since 1993

$271Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Catlin

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Marion County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Catlin itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CatlinDeclared for Marion County only

Marion County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Catlin

Catlin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Catlinmostly inland floodingHigh

Peabodymostly inland floodingHigh

Fairplaymostly inland floodingHigh

East Branchmostly inland floodingHigh

Wilsonmostly 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. Catlin covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Catlin’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Catlin. 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 Catlin total about $4.2M 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.