Natural hazards · Morrill

Morrill, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morrill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Morrill?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morrill to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes22%Drought15%Hail7%Heat waves7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Morrill faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Morrill flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Morrill

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorrillDeclared for Brown County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$29K to the City of Morrill for repairs

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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