Natural hazards · Neodesha

Neodesha, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neodesha comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 35 claims here since 1986. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Neodesha?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Neodesha to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes18%Strong wind8%Cold waves7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Neodesha faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 42 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Neodesha flood?

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

35paid claims since 1986

$734Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

Biggest named events

Thunderstorms: 20 claims, $540K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

31flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Neodesha

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NeodeshaDeclared for Wilson County only

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$121K to the City of Neodesha for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

193 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $2.7M to the City of Neodesha for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$71K to the City of Neodesha for repairs

Wilson County has had 15 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. Neodesha covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Neodesha’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Neodesha. 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 Neodesha total about $3.0M 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.