Natural hazards · Stanton

Stanton, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes17%Cold waves10%Strong wind9%Heat waves8%Hail6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Stanton 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 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Stanton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Miami County.

Disasters that hit Stanton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Miami County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Stanton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Miami County only

Miami County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Stanton

Stanton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Richlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Cutlermostly inland floodingModerate

Peoriamostly inland floodingModerate

Valleymostly inland floodingModerate

Stantonmostly inland floodingModerate

Paolamostly inland floodingModerate

Osawatomiemostly 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. Stanton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Stanton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Stanton total about $886K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.