Natural hazards · Goddard

Goddard, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goddard comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2003. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Goddard?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goddard to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes24%Cold waves22%Heat waves9%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Goddard faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 14 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Goddard flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Goddard, from FEMA’s records.

3paid claims since 2003

$57Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sedgwick County.

Disasters that hit Goddard

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoddardDeclared for Sedgwick County only

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$58K to the City of Goddard for repairs

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

Around Goddard

Goddard and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wichitamostly inland floodingModerate

Goddardmostly inland floodingLow

Atticamostly inland floodingLow

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. Goddard covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Goddard’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Goddard. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Goddard total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.