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Natural hazards · Fairfield

Fairfield, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairfield comes from inland flooding, 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 Fairfield?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairfield to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding29%Drought16%Tornadoes14%Hail14%Ice storms9%Strong wind7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Fairfield faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage
Recorded about 49 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Fairfield flood?

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

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

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into FairfieldDeclared for Russell County only
Russell County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Fairfield

Fairfield and the towns around it

Center: High, mostly inland floodingGrant: Moderate, mostly tornadoesLincoln: High, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: High, mostly inland floodingRussell: Moderate, mostly tornadoesLuray: High, mostly inland floodingWaldo: High, mostly inland floodingDorrance: High, mostly inland floodingBeaver: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRussell: Moderate, mostly tornadoesBig Creek: High, mostly inland floodingWinterset: High, mostly inland floodingFairfield: High, mostly inland flooding FairfieldCenterGrantLincoln
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fairfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Centermostly inland floodingHigh
Lincolnmostly inland floodingHigh
Grantmostly tornadoesModerate
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. Fairfield 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 Fairfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fairfield. 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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