Natural hazards · Lyndon

Lyndon, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lyndon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2007. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lyndon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lyndon to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding31%Ice storms18%Tornadoes14%Hail7%Strong wind7%Lightning6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Lyndon faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

Winter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Lyndon flood?

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

2paid claims since 2007

$48Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20072026

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

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

Insurance rates: Osage County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Lyndon

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LyndonDeclared for Osage County only

2013

Snowstorm

$5K to the City of Lyndon for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$7K to the City of Lyndon for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$2K to the City of Lyndon for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $12K to the City of Lyndon for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Osage County has had 22 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. Lyndon 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 Lyndon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lyndon. 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.

Lyndon, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Lyndon?

What Lyndon faces

Inland flooding

Ice storms

Tornadoes

Hail

Strong wind

Lightning

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Lyndon flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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