Natural hazards · Kechi

Kechi, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kechi comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kechi?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kechi to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes20%Cold waves15%Hail6%Heat waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Kechi faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 61 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kechi flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016

$35Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sedgwick County.

Disasters that hit Kechi

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into KechiDeclared for Sedgwick County only

Sedgwick County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Kechi

Kechi and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Park Citymostly inland floodingHigh

Wichitamostly inland floodingModerate

Kechimostly inland floodingModerate

Bel Airemostly inland floodingLow

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