Natural hazards · Morlan

Morlan, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morlan comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Morlan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Drought26%Inland flooding23%Hail20%Tornadoes12%Strong wind9%Cold waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Morlan faces

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

Drought

26% of expected damage

Recorded about 73 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Morlan flood?

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

Disasters that hit Morlan

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Graham County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Morlan itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MorlanDeclared for Graham County only

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

Around Morlan

Morlan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Township 9mostly hailModerate

Township 8mostly hailModerate

Morlanmostly droughtModerate

Wildhorsemostly droughtModerate

Happymostly droughtModerate

Millbrookmostly droughtModerate

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