Natural hazards · McConnell AFB

McConnell AFB, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McConnell AFB comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McConnell AFB?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McConnell AFB to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes23%Hail10%Cold waves9%Ice storms5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What McConnell AFB faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Hail

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 McConnell AFB flood?

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

1paid claims since 1980

$578paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sedgwick County.

Disasters that hit McConnell AFB

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Sedgwick County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching McConnell AFB itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into McConnell AFBDeclared for Sedgwick County only

Sedgwick County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around McConnell AFB

McConnell AFB and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Riversidemostly inland floodingHigh

Gypsummostly wildfiresModerate

Wichitamostly inland floodingModerate

McConnell AFBmostly inland floodingVery low

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. McConnell AFB covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to McConnell AFB’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to McConnell AFB. 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 McConnell AFB total about $2.8M 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.