Natural hazards · Evan

Evan, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Evan comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Evan?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Evan to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves22%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes18%Hail10%Drought8%Ice storms6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Evan faces

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

Cold waves

22% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 54 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Evan flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Evan isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kingman County.
Disasters that hit Evan

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Kingman County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Evan itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into EvanDeclared for Kingman County only
Kingman County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Evan

Evan and the towns around it

Grand River: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNinnescah: High, mostly inland floodingGalesburg: High, mostly cold wavesVinita: High, mostly cold wavesSumner: High, mostly inland floodingMorton: Low, mostly inland floodingGarden Plain: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCastleton: High, mostly inland floodingHaven: High, mostly inland floodingAlbion: High, mostly inland floodingDale: High, mostly cold wavesWhite: High, mostly cold wavesAllen: High, mostly cold wavesEvan: High, mostly cold waves EvanGrand RiverNinnescahGalesburgVinita
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Evanmostly cold wavesHigh
Galesburgmostly cold wavesHigh
Vinitamostly cold wavesHigh
Ninnescahmostly inland floodingHigh
Grand Rivermostly inland floodingModerate
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. Evan 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 Evan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Evan. 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.

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