Natural hazards · Goodland

Goodland, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goodland comes from strong winds, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Goodland?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goodland to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from strong winds and inland flooding.

Strong wind37%Inland flooding22%Hail14%Tornadoes13%Cold waves9%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Goodland faces

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

Strong wind

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 50 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Goodland flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sherman County.

Disasters that hit Goodland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoodlandDeclared for Sherman County only

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$22K to the City of Goodland for repairs

Sherman County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Goodland

Goodland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Goodlandmostly strong windsModerate

Voltairemostly hailLow

Itascamostly hailLow

Loganmostly hailLow

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. Goodland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Goodland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Goodland. 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 Goodland total about $3.1M 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.