Natural hazards · Cimarron

Cimarron, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cimarron comes from drought, 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 Cimarron?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cimarron to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hail.

Drought31%Hail22%Inland flooding17%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Cimarron faces

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

Drought

31% of expected damage

Recorded about 75 times a year in the area

Hail

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Cimarron flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gray County.

Disasters that hit Cimarron

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CimarronDeclared for Gray County only

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$26K to the City of Cimarron for repairs

Gray County has had 12 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. Cimarron 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 Cimarron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cimarron. 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.