Natural hazards · Selden

Selden, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Selden comes from hail, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Selden?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Selden to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail39%Drought24%Strong wind13%Inland flooding12%Tornadoes6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Selden faces

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

Hail

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

24% of expected damage

Recorded about 70 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Selden flood?

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

Disasters that hit Selden

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SeldenDeclared for Sheridan County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$375 to the City of Selden for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the City of Selden for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the City of Selden for repairs

Sheridan County has had 15 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. Selden 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 Selden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Selden. 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.

Selden, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Selden?

What Selden faces

Hail

Drought

Strong wind

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Selden flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storm

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