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Natural hazards · Ninnescah

Ninnescah, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ninnescah comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Ninnescah?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ninnescah to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes23%Cold waves16%Wildfire11%Everything else21%
By hazard

What Ninnescah faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Ninnescah flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Ninnescah isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cowley County.
Disasters that hit Ninnescah

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NinnescahDeclared for Cowley County only
2019

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

$40K to the Township of Ninnescah for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$50K to the Township of Ninnescah for repairs
2013

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

$6K to the Township of Ninnescah for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$27K to the Township of Ninnescah for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Township of Ninnescah for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Ninnescah for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$7K to the Township of Ninnescah for repairs
Cowley County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Ninnescah

Ninnescah and the towns around it

Fairview: High, mostly inland floodingVernon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGore: High, mostly inland floodingMaple: High, mostly inland floodingOxford: High, mostly inland floodingSalem: High, mostly inland floodingRock Creek: High, mostly inland floodingWalnut: Moderate, mostly tornadoesRichland: High, mostly inland floodingWinfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBeaver: High, mostly inland floodingPleasant Valley: High, mostly inland floodingPalestine: High, mostly inland floodingBelle Plaine: High, mostly inland floodingRockford: High, mostly inland floodingMulvane: Low, mostly inland floodingRichland: High, mostly inland floodingValverde: High, mostly inland floodingAvon: High, mostly inland floodingNinnescah: High, mostly inland flooding NinnescahFairviewVernonGoreMapleOxford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Ninnescahmostly inland floodingHigh
Fairviewmostly inland floodingHigh
Maplemostly inland floodingHigh
Goremostly inland floodingHigh
Oxfordmostly inland floodingHigh
Vernonmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Ninnescah 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 Ninnescah’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Ninnescah. 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.

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