Natural hazards · Scott

Scott, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scott comes from hail, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scott?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scott to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail40%Drought21%Cold waves14%Inland flooding11%Strong wind7%Tornadoes5%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Scott faces

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

Hail

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 77 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Scott flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scott County.

Disasters that hit Scott

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScottDeclared for Scott County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$26K to the City of Scott for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the City of Scott for repairs

Scott County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Scott covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Scott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Scott. 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 Scott total about $10.5M 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.