Natural hazards · Langley

Langley, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Langley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Langley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes17%Hail11%Wildfire10%Ice storms7%Strong wind7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Langley faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Langley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ellsworth County.

Disasters that hit Langley

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LangleyDeclared for Ellsworth County only

2021

Severe Storms and Straight Line Winds

$7K to the Township of Langley for repairs

2019

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

$18K to the Township of Langley for repairs

2015

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

$46K to the Township of Langley for repairs

2013

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

$46K to the Township of Langley for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Langley for repairs

Ellsworth County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Langley

Langley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Langleymostly inland floodingHigh

Trivolimostly inland floodingHigh

Empiremostly inland floodingHigh

Marquettemostly inland floodingHigh

Odessamostly hailModerate

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