Natural hazards · Soldier

Soldier, KS natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Soldier to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding38%Wildfire22%Tornadoes14%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Soldier 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 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

22% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Soldier flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

Disasters that hit Soldier

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SoldierDeclared for Jackson County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$12K to the City of Soldier for repairs

Jackson County has had 17 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. Soldier 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 Soldier’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Soldier. 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.