Natural hazards · Linwood

Linwood, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Linwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Linwood?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Linwood to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes20%Cold waves10%Heat waves9%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Linwood faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 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 Linwood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Leavenworth County.

Disasters that hit Linwood

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LinwoodDeclared for Leavenworth County only

2019

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

$202K to the City of Linwood for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$7K to the City of Linwood for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$1K to the City of Linwood for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$1K to the City of Linwood for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Leavenworth County has had 19 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. Linwood 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 Linwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Linwood. 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.