Natural hazards · Fairview

Fairview, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 20 claims here since 1981. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fairview?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairview to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes12%Heat waves6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Fairview faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Fairview flood?

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

20paid claims since 1981

$548Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 13 claims, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Fairview

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FairviewDeclared for Jefferson County only

2019

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

$69K to the Township of Fairview for repairs

2015

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

$46K to the Township of Fairview for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$15K to the Township of Fairview for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Fairview for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$8K to the Township of Fairview for repairs

Jefferson County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Fairview

Fairview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fairviewmostly inland floodingVery high

Ozawkiemostly inland floodingVery high

Kentuckymostly inland floodingHigh

Rock Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Oskaloosamostly inland floodingLow

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. Fairview covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fairview’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fairview. 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 Fairview total about $2.3M 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.