Natural hazards · Neosho Rapids

Neosho Rapids, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neosho Rapids comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Neosho Rapids?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Neosho Rapids to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding46%Wildfire15%Tornadoes12%Ice storms6%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Neosho Rapids faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Neosho Rapids flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lyon County.

Disasters that hit Neosho Rapids

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Neosho RapidsDeclared for Lyon County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$13K to the City of Neosho Rapids for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the City of Neosho Rapids for repairs

Lyon County has had 24 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. Neosho Rapids 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 Neosho Rapids’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Neosho Rapids. 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.