Natural hazards · La Cygne

La Cygne, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Cygne comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is La Cygne?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Cygne to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes16%Strong wind9%Hail6%Heat waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What La Cygne faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 La Cygne flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in La Cygne.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Linn County.

Disasters that hit La Cygne

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into La CygneDeclared for Linn County only

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $83K aid approved

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

Around La Cygne

La Cygne and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Scottmostly inland floodingModerate

La Cygnemostly inland floodingModerate

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