Natural hazards · May Day

May Day, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in May Day comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is May Day?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in May Day to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding35%Wildfire26%Tornadoes19%Everything else21%

By hazard

What May Day faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

26% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 May Day flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Riley County.

Disasters that hit May Day

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Riley County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching May Day itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into May DayDeclared for Riley County only

Riley County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around May Day

May Day and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

May Daymostly inland floodingModerate

Centermostly inland floodingModerate

Swede Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate

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. May Day 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 May Day’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of May Day. 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.