Natural hazards · Dwight

Dwight, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dwight comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dwight?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dwight to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding35%Heat waves15%Tornadoes14%Hail11%Wildfire9%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Dwight faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Dwight flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dwight

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DwightDeclared for Morris County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$5K to the City of Dwight for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$531 to the City of Dwight for repairs

Morris County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Dwight 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 Dwight’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dwight. 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.