Natural hazards · Leoti

Leoti, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leoti comes from hail, 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 Leoti?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leoti to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail38%Drought23%Inland flooding16%Cold waves15%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Leoti faces

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

Hail

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Drought

23% of expected damage

Recorded about 76 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Leoti flood?

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

Disasters that hit Leoti

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeotiDeclared for Wichita County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$19K to the City of Leoti for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$35K to the City of Leoti for repairs

Wichita County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Leoti covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leoti’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Leoti. 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 Leoti total about $4.7M 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.