Natural hazards · Pawnee Rock

Pawnee Rock, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pawnee Rock comes from hail, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1989. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pawnee Rock?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pawnee Rock to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail41%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes13%Strong wind13%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pawnee Rock faces

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

Hail

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Pawnee Rock flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Pawnee Rock, from FEMA’s records.

6paid claims since 1989

$21Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barton County.

Disasters that hit Pawnee Rock

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pawnee RockDeclared for Barton County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$8K to the City of Pawnee Rock for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$8K to the City of Pawnee Rock for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Barton County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Pawnee Rock 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 Pawnee Rock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pawnee Rock. 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.