Natural hazards · Colony

Colony, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Colony 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 Colony?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Colony to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding32%Drought20%Cold waves12%Tornadoes10%Strong wind8%Heat waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Colony 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

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Colony flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anderson County.

Disasters that hit Colony

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ColonyDeclared for Anderson County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$830 to the City of Colony for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$9K to the City of Colony for repairs

Anderson County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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