Natural hazards · North Brown

North Brown, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Brown comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1985.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Brown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Brown to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hail.

Drought42%Hail21%Inland flooding16%Cold waves11%Everything else11%

By hazard

What North Brown faces

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

Drought

42% of expected damage

Recorded about 66 times a year in the area

Hail

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 North Brown flood?

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

1paid claims since 1985

$561paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Edwards County.

Disasters that hit North Brown

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into North BrownDeclared for Edwards County only

Edwards County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around North Brown

North Brown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kinsleymostly cold wavesHigh

North Brownmostly droughtHigh

Trentonmostly droughtHigh

South Brownmostly droughtHigh

Franklinmostly droughtHigh

Waynemostly droughtHigh

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. North Brown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North Brown’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of North Brown. 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 North Brown total about $5.4M 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.