Natural hazards · Piqua

Piqua, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piqua comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Piqua?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piqua to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Drought12%Cold waves9%Wildfire8%Tornadoes8%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Piqua faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Piqua flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Woodson County.

Disasters that hit Piqua

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PiquaDeclared for Woodson County only

Woodson County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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