Natural hazards · Marquette

Marquette, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marquette comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marquette?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marquette to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes24%Hail15%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Wildfire5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Marquette 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 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Marquette flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McPherson County.

Disasters that hit Marquette

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarquetteDeclared for McPherson County only

2015

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

$20K to the City of Marquette for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$8K to the City of Marquette for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

McPherson County has had 16 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. Marquette 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 Marquette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marquette. 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.