Natural hazards · Jackson

Jackson, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2019.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes24%Hail15%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Wildfire5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Jackson faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 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

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Jackson flood?

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

1paid claims since 2019

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Jackson 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 Jackson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for McPherson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Jackson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into JacksonDeclared for McPherson County only

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

Around Jackson

Jackson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jacksonmostly inland floodingHigh

Grovelandmostly inland floodingHigh

Castlemostly inland floodingHigh

Harpermostly inland floodingHigh

McPhersonmostly tornadoesLow

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. Jackson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jackson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Jackson. 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 Jackson total about $2.4M 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.