Natural hazards · Plainville

Plainville, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plainville comes from hail, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plainville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plainville to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and tornadoes.

Hail36%Tornadoes18%Drought13%Strong wind12%Inland flooding12%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Plainville faces

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

Hail

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 48 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Plainville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rooks County.

Disasters that hit Plainville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlainvilleDeclared for Rooks County only

2013

Snowstorm

$6K to the City of Plainville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$6K to the City of Plainville for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$22K to the City of Plainville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$4K to the City of Plainville for repairs

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

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