Natural hazards · Fairway

Fairway, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 93 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fairway?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairway to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes16%Cold waves7%Heat waves6%Hail5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Fairway faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fairway flood?

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

93paid claims since 1979

$1.5Mpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 12 claims, $93K
Midwest Flooding: 10 claims, $61K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Fairway

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FairwayDeclared for Johnson County only

2023

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

$149K to the City of Fairway for repairs

2017

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$23K to the City of Fairway for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$287K to the City of Fairway for repairs

Johnson County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Fairway

Fairway and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fairwaymostly inland floodingModerate

Westwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Prairie Villagemostly inland floodingLow

Mission Hillsmostly inland floodingLow

Roeland Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Missionmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Fairway 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 Fairway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fairway. 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.