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Natural hazards · Crawford

Crawford, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crawford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Crawford?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crawford to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding37%Tornadoes23%Strong wind7%Drought6%Cold waves6%Heat waves6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Crawford faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Crawford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Crawford isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cherokee County.
Disasters that hit Crawford

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Cherokee County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Crawford itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CrawfordDeclared for Cherokee County only
Cherokee County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Crawford

Crawford and the towns around it

Columbus: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpring Valley: High, mostly inland floodingShawnee: High, mostly inland floodingMineral: High, mostly inland floodingSalamanca: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBaxter Springs: High, mostly inland floodingGarden: High, mostly inland floodingLyon: High, mostly inland floodingLowell: High, mostly inland floodingPleasant View: High, mostly inland floodingScammon: High, mostly inland floodingCherokee: High, mostly inland floodingLola: High, mostly inland floodingRoss: High, mostly inland floodingCrawford: Moderate, mostly inland flooding CrawfordColumbusSpring ValleyShawneeMineralSalamanca
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mineralmostly inland floodingHigh
Shawneemostly inland floodingHigh
Spring Valleymostly inland floodingHigh
Crawfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Columbusmostly inland floodingModerate
Salamancamostly 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. Crawford 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 Crawford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Crawford. 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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