Natural hazards · Ness

Ness, KS natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ness to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes17%Drought15%Hail13%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Ness faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 60 times a year in the area

Hail

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Ness flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ness County.

Disasters that hit Ness

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NessDeclared for Ness County only

2013

Snowstorm

$5K to the City of Ness for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$20K to the City of Ness for repairs

Ness County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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