Natural hazards · Lucas

Lucas, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lucas comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lucas?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lucas to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding29%Drought16%Tornadoes14%Hail14%Ice storms9%Strong wind7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Lucas faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 49 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Lucas flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Russell County.

Disasters that hit Lucas

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LucasDeclared for Russell County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$11K to the City of Lucas for repairs

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

Lucas, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Lucas?

What Lucas faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Hail

Ice storms

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Lucas flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

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