Natural hazards · Lecompton

Lecompton, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lecompton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1993.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lecompton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lecompton to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes23%Hail8%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Lecompton faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Lecompton flood?

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

2paid claims since 1993

$64Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 2 claims, $64K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit Lecompton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LecomptonDeclared for Douglas County only

Douglas County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Lecompton

Lecompton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kentuckymostly inland floodingHigh

Kawmostly inland floodingHigh

Kanwakamostly inland floodingModerate

Ruralmostly inland floodingLow

Wakarusamostly inland floodingLow

Tecumsehmostly inland floodingLow

Lecomptonmostly inland floodingLow

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. Lecompton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lecompton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Lecompton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Lecompton total about $1.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.