Natural hazards · Hoisington

Hoisington, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hoisington comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1981. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hoisington?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hoisington to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes32%Inland flooding25%Hail12%Cold waves11%Strong wind9%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Hoisington faces

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

Tornadoes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Hoisington flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Hoisington, from FEMA’s records.

6paid claims since 1981

$26Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

28flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

5flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Hoisington

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HoisingtonDeclared for Barton County only

2023

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

$20K to the City of Hoisington for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$29K to the City of Hoisington for repairs

2013

Snowstorm

$5K to the City of Hoisington for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$26K to the City of Hoisington for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2001

Severe Storms, Hail, Flooding and Tornadoes

$1.7M to the City of Hoisington for repairs

Barton County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Hoisington

Hoisington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

North Homesteadmostly hailModerate

Hoisingtonmostly tornadoesModerate

South Homesteadmostly 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. Hoisington 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 Hoisington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hoisington. 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.