Natural hazards · St. George

St. George, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in St. George comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is St. George?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in St. George to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes18%Ice storms8%Cold waves7%Wildfire7%Heat waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What St. George faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 40 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 St. George flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pottawatomie County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit St. George

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into St. GeorgeDeclared for Pottawatomie County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$15K to the City of St. George for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

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