Natural hazards · Dighton

Dighton, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dighton comes from drought, 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 Dighton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dighton to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hail.

Drought30%Hail22%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes13%Cold waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Dighton faces

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

Drought

30% of expected damage

Recorded about 73 times a year in the area

Hail

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Dighton flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dighton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DightonDeclared for Lane County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$17K to the City of Dighton for repairs

2013

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

$10K to the City of Dighton for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$38K to the City of Dighton for repairs

Lane County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Dighton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dighton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dighton. 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 Dighton total about $3.1M 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.