Natural hazards · Glen Elder

Glen Elder, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glen Elder comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glen Elder?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glen Elder to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail40%Inland flooding24%Strong wind13%Drought10%Tornadoes7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Glen Elder faces

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

Hail

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years 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 Glen Elder flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mitchell County.

Disasters that hit Glen Elder

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Glen ElderDeclared for Mitchell County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$38K to the City of Glen Elder for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Glen Elder for repairs

Mitchell County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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