Natural hazards · Latimer

Latimer, KS natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Latimer?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Latimer to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding35%Heat waves15%Tornadoes14%Hail11%Wildfire9%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Latimer faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Latimer flood?

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

Disasters that hit Latimer

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LatimerDeclared for Morris County only

Morris County has had 23 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. Latimer 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 Latimer’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Latimer. 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.