Natural hazards · Hugoton

Hugoton, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hugoton comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hugoton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hugoton to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes25%Inland flooding20%Hail11%Drought11%Cold waves11%Strong wind9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Hugoton faces

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

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 98 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Hugoton flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hugoton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HugotonDeclared for Stevens County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$94K to the City of Hugoton for repairs

2015

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

$18K to the City of Hugoton for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$11K to the City of Hugoton for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Hugoton for repairs

Stevens County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Hugoton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hugoton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hugoton. 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 Hugoton total about $1.5M 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.

Hugoton, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Hugoton?

What Hugoton faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Hail

Drought

Cold waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Hugoton flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

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

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

Severe Winter Storm

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