Natural hazards · Greeley

Greeley, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greeley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greeley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greeley to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes21%Wildfire9%Hail8%Cold waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Greeley faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Greeley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Saline County.

Disasters that hit Greeley

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Saline County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Greeley itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into GreeleyDeclared for Saline County only

Saline County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Greeley

Greeley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greeleymostly inland floodingHigh

Solomonmostly inland floodingHigh

Cambriamostly inland floodingHigh

Walnutmostly inland floodingModerate

Salinamostly tornadoesModerate

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