Natural hazards · Eskridge

Eskridge, KS natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eskridge to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding48%Wildfire26%Tornadoes10%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Eskridge faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

26% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Eskridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wabaunsee County.

Disasters that hit Eskridge

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EskridgeDeclared for Wabaunsee County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$22K to the City of Eskridge for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$6K to the City of Eskridge for repairs

Wabaunsee County has had 22 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. Eskridge 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 Eskridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eskridge. 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.