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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. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Phillipsburg?

41
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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PhillipsburgDeclared for Phillips County only
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$42K to the City of Phillipsburg for repairs
2013

Snowstorm

$8K to the City of Phillipsburg for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$197K to the City of Phillipsburg for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$12K to the City of Phillipsburg for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$840 to the City of Phillipsburg for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $692 aid approved
2006

Severe Winter Storm

$7K to the City of Phillipsburg for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$6K to the City of Phillipsburg for repairs
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

Phillipsburg: Moderate, mostly tornadoesSolomon: High, mostly hailArcade: High, mostly hailFreedom: High, mostly hailMound: High, mostly hailRushville: High, mostly hailDeer Creek: High, mostly hailBelmont: High, mostly hailPhillipsburg: Moderate, mostly tornadoes PhillipsburgPhillipsburgSolomon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Solomonmostly hailHigh
Phillipsburgmostly tornadoesModerate
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 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 Phillipsburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Phillipsburg. 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.

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