Natural hazards · Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Phillipsburg comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Phillipsburg?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Phillipsburg to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes27%Inland flooding23%Hail19%Strong wind11%Ice storms6%Cold waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Phillipsburg faces

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

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 46 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat 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 Phillipsburg flood?

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

Disasters that hit Phillipsburg

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PhillipsburgDeclared for Phillips County only

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

Around Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Arcademostly hailHigh

Freedommostly hailHigh

Moundmostly hailHigh

Solomonmostly hailHigh

Phillipsburgmostly tornadoesModerate

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. Phillipsburg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Phillipsburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Phillipsburg. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Phillipsburg total about $2.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.