Natural hazards · Padonia

Padonia, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Padonia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Padonia?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Padonia to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes22%Drought15%Hail7%Heat waves7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Padonia faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Padonia flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Padonia

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PadoniaDeclared for Brown County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Padonia for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$31K to the Township of Padonia for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$54K to the Township of Padonia for repairs

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

Around Padonia

Padonia and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Padoniamostly inland floodingModerate

Hamlinmostly inland floodingModerate

Irvingmostly inland floodingModerate

Hiawathamostly tornadoesLow

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