Natural hazards · Junction

Junction, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2007. 6 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 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding31%Ice storms18%Tornadoes14%Hail7%Strong wind7%Lightning6%Everything else17%

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.

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

Winter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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.

5paid claims since 2007

$81Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

Biggest named events

Thunderstorms: 1 claim, $30K

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: Osage County.

Disasters that hit Junction

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JunctionDeclared for Osage County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$151K to the Township of Junction for repairs

2015

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

$18K to the Township of Junction for repairs

2013

Snowstorm

$3K to the Township of Junction for repairs

2011

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

$24K to the Township of Junction for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$59K to the Township of Junction for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Junction for repairs

Osage County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Junction

Junction and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Appanoosemostly inland floodingHigh

Pomonamostly inland floodingHigh

Junctionmostly inland floodingModerate

Fairfaxmostly inland floodingModerate

Valley Brookmostly inland floodingModerate

Vassarmostly inland floodingModerate

Agencymostly inland floodingModerate

Elkmostly 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. Junction covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Junction’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township 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 $2.7M 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.