Natural hazards · Gale

Gale, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gale?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gale to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes23%Strong wind10%Heat waves9%Ice storms8%Hail5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Gale faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Gale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Gale

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Marion County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Gale itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into GaleDeclared for Marion County only

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

Around Gale

Gale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Galemostly inland floodingHigh

Centremostly inland floodingHigh

Risleymostly inland floodingModerate

Wilsonmostly inland floodingModerate

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