Natural hazards · Opolis

Opolis, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Opolis comes from inland flooding, 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 Opolis?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes24%Strong wind8%Heat waves6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Opolis faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 60 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Opolis flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit Opolis

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into OpolisDeclared for Crawford County only

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

Around Opolis

Opolis and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bakermostly inland floodingHigh

Pleasant Viewmostly inland floodingHigh

Opolismostly inland floodingHigh

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