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Natural hazards · Kinsley

Kinsley, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kinsley comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1995. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kinsley?

76
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kinsley to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves37%Inland flooding37%Tornadoes8%Hail6%Strong wind5%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Kinsley faces

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

Cold waves

37% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 65 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Kinsley flood?

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

1paid claims since 1995
$1Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19952026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kinsley isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Edwards County.
Disasters that hit Kinsley

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KinsleyDeclared for Edwards County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm

$77K to the City of Kinsley for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$18K to the City of Kinsley for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $384 aid approved
Edwards County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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. Kinsley 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 Kinsley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kinsley. 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.

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