Natural hazards · Gettysburg

Gettysburg, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gettysburg comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gettysburg?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gettysburg to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought26%Inland flooding23%Hail20%Tornadoes12%Strong wind9%Cold waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Gettysburg faces

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

Drought

26% of expected damage

Recorded about 73 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Gettysburg flood?

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

Disasters that hit Gettysburg

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GettysburgDeclared for Graham County only

Graham County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Gettysburg

Gettysburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gettysburgmostly droughtModerate

Solomonmostly droughtModerate

Millbrookmostly droughtModerate

Allodiummostly droughtModerate

Hill Citymostly droughtModerate

Indianamostly droughtModerate

Bowcreekmostly hailModerate

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