Natural hazards · Edwardsville

Edwardsville, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edwardsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1993. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edwardsville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edwardsville to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes17%Cold waves9%Heat waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Edwardsville faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Edwardsville flood?

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

11paid claims since 1993

$157Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $4K

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. Edwardsville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Wyandotte County.

Disasters that hit Edwardsville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdwardsvilleDeclared for Wyandotte County only

2017

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$13K to the City of Edwardsville for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$6K to the City of Edwardsville for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight Line Winds

$2K to the City of Edwardsville for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$7K to the City of Edwardsville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$455K to the City of Edwardsville for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$17K to the City of Edwardsville for repairs

Wyandotte County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Edwardsville

Edwardsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Edwardsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Bonner Springsmostly inland floodingModerate

Kansas Citymostly inland floodingLow

Shawneemostly inland floodingLow

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. Edwardsville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edwardsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Edwardsville. 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 Edwardsville total about $3.2M 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.