Natural hazards · Guelph

Guelph, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Guelph comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Guelph?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Guelph to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes23%Cold waves11%Hail10%Drought9%Strong wind5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Guelph faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% 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 4 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 55 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Guelph flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Guelph 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 Guelph

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GuelphDeclared for Sumner County only

2015

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

$11K to the Township of Guelph for repairs

2009

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

$69K to the Township of Guelph for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$24K to the Township of Guelph for repairs

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

Around Guelph

Guelph and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

South Havenmostly inland floodingHigh

Guelphmostly inland floodingHigh

Waltonmostly inland floodingHigh

Greenemostly inland floodingHigh

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