Natural hazards · Lindsborg

Lindsborg, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lindsborg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2013. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lindsborg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lindsborg to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes30%Cold waves12%Strong wind7%Heat waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Lindsborg faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 50 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times 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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Lindsborg flood?

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

5paid claims since 2013

$27Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20132026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Lindsborg is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: McPherson County.

Disasters that hit Lindsborg

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LindsborgDeclared for McPherson County only

2013

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

$6K to the City of Lindsborg for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$2K to the City of Lindsborg for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$33K to the City of Lindsborg for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

McPherson County has had 16 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. Lindsborg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lindsborg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lindsborg. 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 Lindsborg total about $2.3M 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.