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Spring, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Spring comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Spring?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Spring to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes20%Wildfire11%Cold waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Spring faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Spring flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Spring isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Butler County.
Disasters that hit Spring

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringDeclared for Butler County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm

$116K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2019

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

$238K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2015

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

$81K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2013

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

$86K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$13K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$74K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2009

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

$14K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$49K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$43K to the Township of Spring for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$33K to the Township of Spring for repairs
Butler County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Spring

Spring and the towns around it

Augusta: High, mostly inland floodingEl Dorado: High, mostly inland floodingBloomington: Very high, mostly wildfiresLittle Walnut: High, mostly inland floodingTowanda: High, mostly inland floodingBruno: High, mostly inland floodingWalnut: Very high, mostly wildfiresAugusta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEl Dorado: High, mostly inland floodingProspect: High, mostly inland floodingFairview: High, mostly inland floodingLincoln: High, mostly inland floodingChelsea: High, mostly inland floodingLogan: Very high, mostly wildfiresRock Creek: High, mostly inland floodingGlencoe: High, mostly inland floodingSpring: High, mostly inland flooding SpringAugustaEl DoradoBloomingtonLittle Walnut
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bloomingtonmostly wildfiresVery high
Augustamostly inland floodingHigh
Little Walnutmostly inland floodingHigh
El Doradomostly inland floodingHigh
Springmostly 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. Spring 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 Spring’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Spring. 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.

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