Natural hazards · North

North, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 claims here since 1980.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes15%Cold waves7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What North faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 North flood?

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

34paid claims since 1980

$301Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Labette County.

Disasters that hit North

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorthDeclared for Labette County only

Labette County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around North

North and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Northmostly inland floodingHigh

Parsonsmostly inland floodingModerate

Libertymostly inland floodingModerate

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

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North’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. 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 total about $3.2M 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.