Natural hazards · Dor

Dor, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dor comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Dor?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dor to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail41%Inland flooding17%Drought14%Strong wind13%Tornadoes8%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Dor faces

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

Hail

41% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage
Recorded about 49 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Dor flood?

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

Disasters that hit Dor

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DorDeclared for Smith County only
Smith County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Dor

Dor and the towns around it

Houston: High, mostly hailValley: High, mostly hailValley: High, mostly hailHarvey: High, mostly hailHarlan: High, mostly hailBow Creek: High, mostly hailKirwin: High, mostly hailTownship 2: High, mostly hailTownship 1: High, mostly hailCedar: High, mostly hailBanner: High, mostly hailLane: High, mostly hailDor: High, mostly hail DorHoustonValleyValleyHarvey
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Dormostly hailHigh
Houstonmostly hailHigh
Valleymostly hailHigh
Harveymostly hailHigh
Valleymostly hailHigh
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. Dor 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 Dor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Dor. 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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