Natural hazards · Climax

Climax, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Climax comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Climax?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Climax to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding33%Wildfire29%Ice storms12%Hail7%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Climax faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

29% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Climax flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greenwood County.

Disasters that hit Climax

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClimaxDeclared for Greenwood County only

2019

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

$33K to the City of Climax for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$916 to the City of Climax for repairs

Greenwood County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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