Natural hazards · Formoso

Formoso, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Formoso comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Formoso?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hail43%Inland flooding19%Strong wind12%Tornadoes9%Drought8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Formoso faces

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

Hail

43% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 34 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Formoso flood?

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

Disasters that hit Formoso

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FormosoDeclared for Jewell County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$1K to the City of Formoso for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the City of Formoso for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$375 to the City of Formoso for repairs

Jewell County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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

Formoso, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Formoso?

What Formoso faces

Hail

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Tornadoes

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Formoso flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

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