Natural hazards · Ellis

Ellis, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ellis comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 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 Ellis?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ellis to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Hail10%Tornadoes9%Strong wind7%Drought7%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Ellis faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 62 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter 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 Ellis flood?

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

2paid claims since 1993

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 2 claims, $3K

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Ellis is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Ellis County.

Disasters that hit Ellis

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EllisDeclared for Ellis County only

2013

Snowstorm

$9K to the City of Ellis for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the City of Ellis for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$11K to the City of Ellis for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Ellis for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$7K to the City of Ellis for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$1K to the City of Ellis for repairs

Ellis County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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

Ellis, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Ellis?

What Ellis faces

Inland flooding

Hail

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Drought

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Ellis flood?

Biggest named events

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

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