Natural hazards · Granada

Granada, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Granada comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Granada?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Granada to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes20%Wildfire13%Hail8%Strong wind5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Granada faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Hail

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Granada flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nemaha County.

Disasters that hit Granada

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GranadaDeclared for Nemaha County only

2015

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

$47K to the Township of Granada for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$26K to the Township of Granada for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Granada for repairs

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

Around Granada

Granada and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Granadamostly inland floodingModerate

Wetmoremostly inland floodingModerate

Harrisonmostly inland floodingModerate

Capiomamostly inland floodingModerate

Powhattanmostly inland floodingModerate

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