Natural hazards · Frontenac

Frontenac, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Frontenac comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Frontenac?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Frontenac to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes25%Strong wind8%Heat waves6%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Frontenac faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 37 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Frontenac flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Frontenac

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FrontenacDeclared for Crawford County only

2013

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

$10K to the City of Frontenac for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$23K to the City of Frontenac for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$5K to the City of Frontenac for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$19K to the City of Frontenac for repairs

Crawford County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Frontenac

Frontenac and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bakermostly inland floodingHigh

Pittsburgmostly inland floodingHigh

Frontenacmostly inland floodingHigh

Washingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

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