Natural hazards · Menoken

Menoken, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Menoken comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Menoken?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Menoken to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes17%Heat waves7%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Menoken faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Menoken flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shawnee County.

Disasters that hit Menoken

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MenokenDeclared for Shawnee County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$7K to the Township of Menoken for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$6K to the Township of Menoken for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$26K to the Township of Menoken for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$115K to the Township of Menoken for repairs

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

Around Menoken

Menoken and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Topekamostly inland floodingModerate

Missionmostly inland floodingModerate

Menokenmostly inland floodingModerate

Silver Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Grovemostly inland floodingModerate

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