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Natural hazards · Dorrance

Dorrance, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dorrance comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Dorrance?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dorrance to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding29%Drought16%Tornadoes14%Hail14%Ice storms9%Strong wind7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Dorrance faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage
Recorded about 49 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter 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 Dorrance flood?

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

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

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DorranceDeclared for Russell County only
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$5K to the City of Dorrance for repairs
Russell County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Dorrance

Dorrance and the towns around it

Plymouth: High, mostly inland floodingCenter: High, mostly inland floodingWilson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairview: High, mostly inland floodingNoble: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCleveland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairfield: High, mostly inland floodingRussell: Moderate, mostly tornadoesLuray: High, mostly inland floodingWaldo: High, mostly inland floodingGrant: Moderate, mostly tornadoesBeaver: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDorrance: High, mostly inland flooding DorrancePlymouthCenter
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Dorrancemostly inland floodingHigh
Plymouthmostly inland floodingHigh
Centermostly inland floodingHigh
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. Dorrance 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 Dorrance’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dorrance. 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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