Rexford is calmer than 75% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rexford comes from drought, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Rexford’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Rexford?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hail.
Calmer than 1,951 of the 1,995 Kansas towns we cover.
Rexford is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Does Rexford flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Rexford. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Rexford isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Thomas County.What Rexford faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Drought
Hail
Inland flooding
Tornadoes
1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Rexford
Disasters that paid out in Rexford itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Rexford) and its biggest flood years.
- 2006Severe Winter Storm$6K to the City of Rexford for repairs
Thomas County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
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A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- On a well? Know how deep it is and watch for sputtering.
- Follow the town’s watering limits.
- Fix drips: they add up.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Most disasters here begin in April–June
The month each of Thomas County’s 11 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Rexford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rexford.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Rexford.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.