Natural hazards · Coleman

Coleman, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Coleman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Coleman?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Coleman to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding32%Hail23%Tornadoes15%Strong wind15%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Coleman faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Coleman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Coleman

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ColemanDeclared for Washington County only

2015

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

$32K to the Township of Coleman for repairs

2011

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

$9K to the Township of Coleman for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$42K to the Township of Coleman for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$32K to the Township of Coleman for repairs

Washington County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Coleman

Coleman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mill Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Colemanmostly inland floodingModerate

Grantmostly inland floodingModerate

Strawberrymostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly 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. Coleman 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 Coleman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Coleman. 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.