Natural hazards · Conway

Conway, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Conway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Conway?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Conway to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes23%Cold waves11%Drought7%Hail7%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Conway faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 65 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Conway flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumner County.

Disasters that hit Conway

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConwayDeclared for Sumner County only

2025

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

$68K to the Township of Conway for repairs

2019

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

$54K to the Township of Conway for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$61K to the Township of Conway for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$100K to the Township of Conway for repairs

2009

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

$67K to the Township of Conway for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$42K to the Township of Conway for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$22K to the Township of Conway for repairs

Sumner County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Conway

Conway and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Conwaymostly inland floodingHigh

Illinoismostly inland floodingHigh

Springdalemostly inland floodingHigh

Edenmostly inland floodingHigh

Violamostly inland floodingLow

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