Natural hazards · Inman

Inman, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Inman 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 Inman?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Inman to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes24%Cold waves9%Hail8%Strong wind7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Inman faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 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 Inman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McPherson County.

Disasters that hit Inman

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into InmanDeclared for McPherson County only

2013

Snowstorm

$3K to the City of Inman for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$20K to the City of Inman for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

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

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