Natural hazards · Lowe

Lowe, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lowe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Lowe?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lowe to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes15%Hail14%Strong wind11%Wildfire6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Lowe faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Lowe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Lowe

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LoweDeclared for Washington County only

2019

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

$51K to the Township of Lowe for repairs

2015

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

$28K to the Township of Lowe for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$51K to the Township of Lowe for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$27K to the Township of Lowe for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$32K to the Township of Lowe for repairs

Washington County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Lowe

Lowe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lowemostly inland floodingHigh

Mill Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Highlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Unionmostly inland floodingHigh

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