Natural hazards · Roeland Park

Roeland Park, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roeland Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 1981. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roeland Park?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roeland Park to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes25%Cold waves16%Heat waves14%Hail5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Roeland Park faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Roeland Park flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Roeland Park, from FEMA’s records.

31paid claims since 1981

$145Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 4 claims, $10K
Midwest Flooding: 2 claims, $13K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

Disasters that hit Roeland Park

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Roeland ParkDeclared for Johnson County only

2023

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

$46K to the City of Roeland Park for repairs

2017

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$132K to the City of Roeland Park for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$100K to the City of Roeland Park for repairs

Johnson County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Roeland Park

Roeland Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fairwaymostly inland floodingModerate

Westwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Kansas Citymostly inland floodingLow

Roeland Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Missionmostly 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. Roeland Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Roeland Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Roeland Park. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Roeland Park total about $1.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.