Natural hazards · Murdock

Murdock, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Murdock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Murdock?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Murdock to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes19%Wildfire10%Hail9%Cold waves7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Murdock faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

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

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Murdock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Butler County.

Disasters that hit Murdock

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MurdockDeclared for Butler County only

Butler County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Murdock

Murdock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Murdockmostly inland floodingHigh

Fairviewmostly inland floodingHigh

Miltonmostly inland floodingHigh

Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh

Lincolnmostly inland floodingLow

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. Murdock covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Murdock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Murdock. 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 Murdock total about $2.3M 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.