Natural hazards · Gore

Gore, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gore?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gore to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes23%Cold waves12%Strong wind6%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Gore faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Gore flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumner County.

Disasters that hit Gore

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoreDeclared for Sumner County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides

$40K to the Township of Gore for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$130K to the Township of Gore for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$16K to the Township of Gore for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Gore for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$19K to the Township of Gore for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$32K to the Township of Gore for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$29K to the Township of Gore for repairs

Sumner County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Gore

Gore and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Maplemostly inland floodingHigh

Ninnescahmostly inland floodingHigh

Goremostly inland floodingHigh

Palestinemostly inland floodingHigh

Belle Plainemostly inland floodingHigh

Rockfordmostly inland floodingHigh

Oxfordmostly inland floodingHigh

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