Natural hazards · Everest

Everest, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Everest comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Everest?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Everest to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes21%Drought11%Heat waves7%Hail6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Everest 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

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Everest flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Everest

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EverestDeclared for Brown County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$12K to the City of Everest for repairs

Brown County has had 16 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. Everest 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 Everest’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Everest. 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.