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 moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2007. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding35%Wildfire26%Tornadoes19%Everything else21%

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

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

26% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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.

6paid claims since 2007

$233Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

Biggest named events

Late spring storms: 1 claim, $16K

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: Riley County.

Disasters that hit Jackson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksonDeclared for Riley County only

2021

Severe Storms and Straight Line Winds

$42K to the Township of Jackson for repairs

Riley County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Jackson

Jackson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blue Valleymostly inland floodingHigh

Jacksonmostly inland floodingModerate

Swede Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Shermanmostly inland floodingModerate

Centermostly inland floodingModerate

Fancy Creekmostly 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. 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 $3.2M 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.