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Natural hazards · Clifford

Clifford, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clifford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Clifford?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clifford to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding41%Hail16%Tornadoes14%Wildfire12%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Clifford faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Clifford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Clifford 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 Clifford

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CliffordDeclared for Butler County only
2013

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

$12K to the Township of Clifford for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$37K to the Township of Clifford for repairs
2009

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

$45K to the Township of Clifford for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$40K to the Township of Clifford for repairs
Butler County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Clifford

Clifford and the towns around it

Fairmount: High, mostly inland floodingLincoln: High, mostly inland floodingPlum Grove: High, mostly inland floodingPeabody: High, mostly inland floodingMilton: High, mostly inland floodingPleasant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChelsea: High, mostly inland floodingCedar: Very high, mostly inland floodingSycamore: High, mostly inland floodingFairview: High, mostly inland floodingEl Dorado: High, mostly inland floodingClifford: High, mostly inland flooding CliffordFairmountLincolnPlum Grove
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cliffordmostly inland floodingHigh
Fairmountmostly inland floodingHigh
Lincolnmostly inland floodingHigh
Plum Grovemostly inland floodingHigh
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. Clifford 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 Clifford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Clifford. 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.

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