Natural hazards · Labette

Labette, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Labette comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Labette?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Labette to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes18%Cold waves11%Drought8%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Labette faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Labette flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Labette County.

Disasters that hit Labette

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LabetteDeclared for Labette County only

Labette County has had 12 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. Labette 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 Labette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Labette. 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.