Natural hazards · Moscow

Moscow, KS natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moscow?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moscow to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Moscow faces

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

Drought

83% of expected damage

Recorded about 140 times a year in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Moscow flood?

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

Disasters that hit Moscow

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MoscowDeclared for Stevens County only

Stevens County has had 10 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. Moscow 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 Moscow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Moscow. 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.