Natural hazards · Seventy-Six

Seventy-Six, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Seventy-Six comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Seventy-Six?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Seventy-Six to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes23%Cold waves11%Drought7%Hail7%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Seventy-Six faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 65 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Seventy-Six flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Seventy-Six.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumner County.

Disasters that hit Seventy-Six

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Seventy-SixDeclared for Sumner County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$75K to the Township of Seventy-Six for repairs

2019

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

$122K to the Township of Seventy-Six for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Township of Seventy-Six for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Seventy-Six for repairs

Sumner County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Seventy-Six

Seventy-Six and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wellingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Seventy-Sixmostly inland floodingHigh

Sumnermostly inland floodingHigh

Harmonmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Seventy-Six 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 Seventy-Six’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Seventy-Six. 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.