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Natural hazards · Grand River

Grand River, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grand River 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 Grand River?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grand River to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes20%Cold waves15%Hail9%Wildfire6%Heat waves6%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Grand River faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Grand River flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Grand River 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 Grand River

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Grand RiverDeclared for Sedgwick County only
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$43K to the Township of Grand River for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the Township of Grand River for repairs
2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Grand River for repairs
Sedgwick County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Grand River

Grand River and the towns around it

Evan: High, mostly cold wavesSumner: High, mostly inland floodingMorton: Low, mostly inland floodingGarden Plain: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNinnescah: High, mostly inland floodingGalesburg: High, mostly cold wavesVinita: High, mostly cold wavesSherman: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHaven: High, mostly inland floodingErie: Low, mostly inland floodingAfton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAttica: Low, mostly inland floodingGrand River: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Grand RiverEvanSumnerMortonGarden Plain
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Evanmostly cold wavesHigh
Sumnermostly inland floodingHigh
Grand Rivermostly inland floodingModerate
Garden Plainmostly inland floodingModerate
Mortonmostly 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. Grand River 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 Grand River’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Grand River. 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.

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