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Dodge, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dodge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 19 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Dodge?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dodge to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes25%Hail16%Cold waves12%Strong wind9%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Dodge faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Hail

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 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 Dodge flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Dodge, from FEMA’s records.

19paid claims since 1978
$107Kpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $245

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Dodge

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DodgeDeclared for Ford County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm

$420K to the City of Dodge for repairs
2013

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

$8K to the City of Dodge for repairs
2006

Severe Winter Storm

$271K to the City of Dodge for repairs
Ford County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Dodge

Dodge and the towns around it

Dodge: Low, mostly tornadoesRichland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrandview: Low, mostly inland floodingEnterprise: Moderate, mostly droughtFairview: Moderate, mostly droughtWilroads Gardens: High, mostly inland floodingFord: Moderate, mostly droughtFort Dodge: High, mostly inland floodingSpearville: Moderate, mostly droughtRoyal: Moderate, mostly droughtSawlog: High, mostly droughtDodge City: Low, mostly inland flooding Dodge CityDodgeRichlandGrandview
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Richlandmostly inland floodingModerate
Grandviewmostly inland floodingLow
Dodge Citymostly inland floodingLow
Dodgemostly tornadoesLow
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. Dodge covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dodge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dodge. 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 Dodge total about $4.5M 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.

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