Natural hazards · Emmett

Emmett, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Emmett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Emmett?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Emmett to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes18%Wildfire9%Ice storms8%Cold waves8%Heat waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Emmett faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Emmett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Emmett isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Pottawatomie County.

Disasters that hit Emmett

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EmmettDeclared for Pottawatomie County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$5K to the City of Emmett for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$770 to the City of Emmett for repairs

Pottawatomie County has had 17 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. Emmett 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 Emmett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Emmett. 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.