Natural hazards · Meade

Meade, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meade comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meade?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Tornadoes22%Inland flooding19%Wildfire17%Cold waves11%Drought10%Hail10%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Meade faces

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

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

17% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 67 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Meade

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MeadeDeclared for Meade County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$52K to the City of Meade for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$6K to the City of Meade for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$6K to the City of Meade for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $39K aid approved $5K to the City of Meade for repairs

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

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

Meade, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Meade?

What Meade faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Wildfire

Cold waves

Drought

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Meade flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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