Natural hazards · Neosho

Neosho, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neosho 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 Neosho?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Neosho to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding41%Drought26%Cold waves16%Tornadoes8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Neosho faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

26% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Neosho flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cherokee County.

Disasters that hit Neosho

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into NeoshoDeclared for Cherokee County only

Cherokee County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Neosho

Neosho and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Neoshomostly inland floodingHigh

Lyonmostly inland floodingHigh

Lolamostly inland floodingHigh

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 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’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Neosho. 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.