Natural hazards · Norton

Norton, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norton comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Norton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norton to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail28%Inland flooding18%Drought17%Tornadoes16%Strong wind12%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Norton faces

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

Hail

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 74 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Norton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Norton County.

Disasters that hit Norton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NortonDeclared for Norton County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$1K to the City of Norton for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Norton for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storm

$8K to the City of Norton for repairs

Norton County has had 11 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. Norton 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 Norton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Norton. 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.

Norton, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Norton?

What Norton faces

Hail

Inland flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Norton flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storm

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