Natural hazards · Kingman

Kingman, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingman comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2016. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kingman?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingman to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and tornadoes.

Cold waves29%Tornadoes23%Inland flooding21%Ice storms8%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Kingman faces

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

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 63 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Kingman flood?

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

5paid claims since 2016

$987Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20162026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kingman County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Kingman

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingmanDeclared for Kingman County only

2019

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

$827K to the City of Kingman for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$133K to the City of Kingman for repairs

2013

Snowstorm

$1K to the City of Kingman for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$5K to the City of Kingman for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$3K to the City of Kingman for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$243K to the City of Kingman for repairs

Kingman County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Kingman

Kingman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ninnescahmostly inland floodingHigh

Whitemostly cold wavesHigh

Kingmanmostly cold wavesHigh

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. Kingman covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kingman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kingman. 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 Kingman total about $4.0M 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.