Natural hazards · Severy

Severy, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Severy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Severy?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Severy to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding33%Wildfire29%Ice storms12%Hail7%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Severy faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

29% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Severy flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greenwood County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Severy

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SeveryDeclared for Greenwood County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Severy for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$1K to the City of Severy for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$7K to the City of Severy for repairs

Greenwood County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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

Severy, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Severy?

What Severy faces

Inland flooding

Wildfire

Ice storms

Hail

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Severy flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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