Natural hazards · Solomon

Solomon, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Solomon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1981. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Solomon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Solomon to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes18%Heat waves9%Hail8%Strong wind8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Solomon faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Solomon flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Solomon, from FEMA’s records.

13paid claims since 1981

$63Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 11 claims, $31K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dickinson County.

Disasters that hit Solomon

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SolomonDeclared for Dickinson County only

2019

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

$15K to the City of Solomon for repairs

2013

Snowstorm

$3K to the City of Solomon for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$13K to the City of Solomon for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $9K to the City of Solomon for repairs

Dickinson County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Solomon

Solomon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Daytonmostly inland floodingHigh

Solomonmostly inland floodingModerate

Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate

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