Natural hazards · Eureka

Eureka, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eureka comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1998. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eureka?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eureka to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding41%Ice storms19%Strong wind10%Cold waves8%Heat waves6%Tornadoes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Eureka faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 99 years in the area

Lower here

HailWinter 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 Eureka flood?

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

2paid claims since 1998

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greenwood County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Eureka

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EurekaDeclared for Greenwood County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides

$5K to the City of Eureka for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$8K to the City of Eureka for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$3K to the City of Eureka for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$11K to the City of Eureka for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$8K to the City of Eureka for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$35K to the City of Eureka for repairs

Greenwood 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. Eureka covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eureka’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eureka. 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 Eureka total about $1.9M 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.