Natural hazards · Mission

Mission, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mission comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 59 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mission?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mission to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes24%Cold waves14%Heat waves12%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Mission faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mission flood?

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

59paid claims since 1979

$336Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 14 claims, $50K
Midwest Flooding: 2 claims, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

Disasters that hit Mission

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MissionDeclared for Johnson County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$114K to the City of Mission for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$466K to the City of Mission for repairs

Johnson County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Mission

Mission and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fairwaymostly inland floodingModerate

Prairie Villagemostly inland floodingLow

Overland Parkmostly inland floodingLow

Roeland Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Missionmostly 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. Mission covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mission’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mission. 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 Mission total about $3.5M 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.