Natural hazards · Junction

Junction, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Junction comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1993. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Junction?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Junction to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes38%Inland flooding36%Heat waves7%Strong wind7%Ice storms5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Junction faces

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

Tornadoes

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailWinter weatherCold 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 Junction flood?

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

17paid claims since 1993

$229Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 11 claims, $191K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Geary County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

136flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

10flood-prone homes bought out and moved

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Junction

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JunctionDeclared for Geary County only

2013

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

$184K to the City of Junction for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$18K to the City of Junction for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$330K to the City of Junction for repairs

Geary County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Junction

Junction and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingHigh

Smoky Hillmostly tornadoesModerate

Junction Citymostly tornadoesModerate

Milfordmostly 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. Junction covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Junction. 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 Junction total about $7.7M 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.