Natural hazards · Meade Center

Meade Center, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meade Center comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meade Center?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meade Center to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and wildfires.

Drought45%Wildfire16%Tornadoes10%Hail9%Inland flooding8%Cold waves7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Meade Center faces

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

Drought

45% of expected damage

Recorded about 87 times a year in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Meade Center flood?

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

Disasters that hit Meade Center

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Meade CenterDeclared for Meade County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of Meade Center for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$7K to the Township of Meade Center for repairs

Meade County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Meade Center

Meade Center and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mertillamostly droughtHigh

West Plainsmostly droughtHigh

Crooked Creekmostly droughtHigh

Meade Centermostly droughtHigh

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. Meade Center covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Meade Center’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Meade Center. 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 Meade Center total about $8.0M 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.