Natural hazards · Lyons

Lyons, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lyons comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lyons?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lyons to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes26%Cold waves18%Hail7%Strong wind6%Ice storms6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Lyons faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Lyons flood?

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

1paid claims since 2007

$86Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Lyons is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Rice County.

Disasters that hit Lyons

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LyonsDeclared for Rice County only

2023

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

$242K to the City of Lyons for repairs

2019

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

$13K to the City of Lyons for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$30K to the City of Lyons for repairs

2013

Snowstorm

$10K to the City of Lyons for repairs

2012

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

$8K to the City of Lyons for repairs

2009

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

$17K to the City of Lyons for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$9K to the City of Lyons for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$156K to the City of Lyons for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $116K to the City of Lyons for repairs

Rice County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Lyons

Lyons and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Atlantamostly inland floodingHigh

Lyonsmostly inland floodingHigh

Harrisonmostly hailModerate

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. Lyons covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lyons’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lyons. 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 Lyons total about $3.2M 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.