Natural hazards · Sabetha

Sabetha, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sabetha comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sabetha?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sabetha to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes28%Heat waves8%Wildfire6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Sabetha faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Sabetha flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nemaha County.

Disasters that hit Sabetha

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SabethaDeclared for Nemaha County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$119K to the City of Sabetha for repairs

Nemaha County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Sabetha

Sabetha and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sabethamostly inland floodingModerate

Rock Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Berwickmostly inland floodingModerate

Morrillmostly inland floodingModerate

Walnutmostly inland floodingModerate

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