Natural hazards · Horton

Horton, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Horton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Horton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Horton to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes21%Drought11%Heat waves7%Hail6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Horton faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Horton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Horton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HortonDeclared for Brown County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$1K to the City of Horton for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$1K to the City of Horton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$3K to the City of Horton for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$139K to the City of Horton for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$2K to the City of Horton for repairs

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Horton

Horton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hortonmostly inland floodingModerate

Missionmostly 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. Horton 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 Horton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Horton. 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.