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Natural hazards · Ridgeway

Ridgeway, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ridgeway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Ridgeway?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ridgeway to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding27%Ice storms22%Tornadoes15%Strong wind7%Lightning7%Heat waves7%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Ridgeway faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

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Winter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Ridgeway flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Ridgeway isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Osage County.
Disasters that hit Ridgeway

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RidgewayDeclared for Osage County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm

$50K to the Township of Ridgeway for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides

$63K to the Township of Ridgeway for repairs
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$35K to the Township of Ridgeway for repairs
2013

Snowstorm

$2K to the Township of Ridgeway for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$47K to the Township of Ridgeway for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$25K to the Township of Ridgeway for repairs
2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Ridgeway for repairs
Osage County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Ridgeway

Ridgeway and the towns around it

Fairfax: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElk: Moderate, mostly inland floodingScranton: High, mostly inland floodingWakarusa: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilliamsport: Very low, mostly inland floodingJunction: Moderate, mostly inland floodingValley Brook: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMonmouth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBurlingame: High, mostly inland floodingDragoon: High, mostly inland floodingAuburn: High, mostly inland floodingTopeka: Low, mostly inland floodingTopeka: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRidgeway: Moderate, mostly inland flooding RidgewayFairfaxElkScrantonWakarusaWilliamsport
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Scrantonmostly inland floodingHigh
Fairfaxmostly inland floodingModerate
Ridgewaymostly inland floodingModerate
Elkmostly inland floodingModerate
Wakarusamostly inland floodingModerate
Williamsportmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Ridgeway. 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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