Natural hazards · North Roscoe

North Roscoe, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Roscoe comes from drought, 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 North Roscoe?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Roscoe to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hail.

Drought28%Hail23%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes11%Cold waves11%Everything else8%

By hazard

What North Roscoe faces

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

Drought

28% of expected damage

Recorded about 67 times a year in the area

Hail

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Roscoe flood?

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

Disasters that hit North Roscoe

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into North RoscoeDeclared for Hodgeman County only

Hodgeman County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around North Roscoe

North Roscoe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

North Roscoemostly droughtHigh

Halletmostly droughtHigh

Valleymostly droughtHigh

Bentonmostly droughtHigh

Johnsonmostly inland floodingHigh

Garfieldmostly droughtModerate

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