Natural hazards · Leonardville

Leonardville, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leonardville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leonardville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leonardville to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding35%Wildfire26%Tornadoes19%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Leonardville 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

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

26% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Leonardville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Riley County.

Disasters that hit Leonardville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeonardvilleDeclared for Riley County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$21K to the City of Leonardville for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Riley County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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