Natural hazards · Ozawkie

Ozawkie, KS natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ozawkie?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ozawkie to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes12%Heat waves6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Ozawkie faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Ozawkie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Ozawkie

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into OzawkieDeclared for Jefferson County only

Jefferson County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Ozawkie

Ozawkie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ozawkiemostly inland floodingVery high

Fairviewmostly inland floodingVery high

Rock Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Delawaremostly inland floodingModerate

Oskaloosamostly inland floodingLow

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