Natural hazards · Ogallah

Ogallah, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ogallah comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ogallah?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ogallah to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding24%Tornadoes20%Hail18%Drought15%Strong wind9%Cold waves7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Ogallah faces

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

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 77 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% 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 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 Ogallah flood?

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

Disasters that hit Ogallah

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into OgallahDeclared for Trego County only

Trego 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. Ogallah 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 Ogallah’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ogallah. 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.