Natural hazards · McFarland

McFarland, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McFarland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McFarland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McFarland to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Wildfire13%Tornadoes11%Everything else18%

By hazard

What McFarland faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

11% 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 McFarland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wabaunsee County.

Disasters that hit McFarland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McFarlandDeclared for Wabaunsee County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$7K to the City of McFarland for repairs

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

Around McFarland

McFarland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

McFarlandmostly inland floodingVery high

Newburymostly inland floodingVery high

Almamostly inland floodingVery high

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. McFarland 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 McFarland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of McFarland. 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.