Natural hazards · Macon

Macon, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Macon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1983. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Macon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Macon to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes34%Cold waves9%Heat waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Macon faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 86 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Macon flood?

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

7paid claims since 1983

$114Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harvey County.

Disasters that hit Macon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaconDeclared for Harvey County only

2019

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

$39K to the Township of Macon for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Macon for repairs

2015

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

$25K to the Township of Macon for repairs

2013

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

$29K to the Township of Macon for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Macon for repairs

Harvey County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Macon

Macon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Maconmostly inland floodingModerate

Halsteadmostly inland floodingModerate

Emmamostly inland floodingModerate

Newtonmostly tornadoesModerate

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. Macon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Macon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Macon. 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 Macon total about $2.6M 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.