Natural hazards · Peabody

Peabody, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Peabody comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 2001. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Peabody?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Peabody to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes19%Strong wind8%Hail8%Ice storms7%Heat waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Peabody faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherCold 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 Peabody flood?

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

10paid claims since 2001

$247Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20012026

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. Peabody isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Peabody

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PeabodyDeclared for Marion County only

2013

Snowstorm

$4K to the City of Peabody for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$7K to the City of Peabody for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$92K to the City of Peabody for repairs

Marion County has had 19 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. Peabody 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 Peabody’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Peabody. 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.