Natural hazards · Reno

Reno, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reno comes from inland flooding, 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 Reno?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reno to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes20%Cold waves10%Heat waves9%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Reno 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

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Reno flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Leavenworth County.

Disasters that hit Reno

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RenoDeclared for Leavenworth County only

Leavenworth County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Reno

Reno and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grantmostly inland floodingVery high

Tonganoxiemostly inland floodingModerate

Eudoramostly inland floodingModerate

Renomostly inland floodingModerate

Shermanmostly inland floodingModerate

Sarcoxiemostly inland floodingLow

Wakarusamostly inland floodingLow

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