Natural hazards · Norwich

Norwich, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norwich comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Norwich?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves22%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes18%Hail10%Drought8%Ice storms6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Norwich faces

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

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 54 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Norwich flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kingman County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Norwich

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorwichDeclared for Kingman County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$2K to the City of Norwich for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$30K to the City of Norwich for repairs

Kingman County has had 17 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. Norwich 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 Norwich’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Norwich. 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.