Natural hazards · Mount Hope

Mount Hope, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Hope comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2019. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mount Hope?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Hope to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes16%Cold waves13%Hail9%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Mount Hope faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% 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

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mount Hope flood?

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

1paid claims since 2019

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sedgwick County.

Disasters that hit Mount Hope

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount HopeDeclared for Sedgwick County only

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$415K to the City of Mount Hope for repairs

Sedgwick County has had 14 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. Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mount Hope. 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.