Natural hazards · Delmore

Delmore, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delmore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Delmore?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delmore to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding28%Tornadoes26%Hail12%Cold waves10%Strong wind7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Delmore faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Delmore flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McPherson County.

Disasters that hit Delmore

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelmoreDeclared for McPherson County only

2013

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

$12K to the Township of Delmore for repairs

2013

Snowstorm

$1K to the Township of Delmore for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the Township of Delmore for repairs

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

Around Delmore

Delmore and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Gottlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Delmoremostly inland floodingModerate

Bonavillemostly inland floodingModerate

Empiremostly inland floodingModerate

Battle Hillmostly 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. Delmore covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Delmore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Delmore. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Delmore total about $2.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.