Natural hazards · Herington

Herington, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Herington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Herington?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Herington to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes19%Heat waves10%Strong wind6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Herington faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Herington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dickinson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Herington

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HeringtonDeclared for Dickinson County only

2013

Snowstorm

$7K to the City of Herington for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$59K to the City of Herington for repairs

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

Around Herington

Herington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Township 7mostly inland floodingHigh

Highlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Heringtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Lyonmostly 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. Herington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Herington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Herington. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Herington total about $2.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.