Natural hazards · Greenwich

Greenwich, KS natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenwich?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenwich to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding29%Tornadoes20%Cold waves16%Wildfire13%Hail9%Heat waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Greenwich faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

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 Greenwich flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Greenwich 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 Greenwich

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenwichDeclared for Sedgwick County only

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

Around Greenwich

Greenwich and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bel Airemostly inland floodingLow

Greenwichmostly inland floodingLow

Paynemostly 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. Greenwich 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 Greenwich’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Greenwich. 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.