Natural hazards · Falls

Falls, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Falls comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high 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 Falls?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Falls to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes12%Wildfire9%Hail8%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Falls faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

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

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Falls flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chase County.

Disasters that hit Falls

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FallsDeclared for Chase County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$12K to the Township of Falls for repairs

Chase County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Falls

Falls and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fallsmostly inland floodingVery high

Bazaarmostly inland floodingVery high

Toledomostly inland floodingVery high

Strongmostly inland floodingVery high

Diamond Creekmostly inland floodingVery high

Cottonwoodmostly inland floodingVery high

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