Natural hazards · Stark

Stark, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stark 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 Stark?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stark to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes17%Cold waves8%Drought6%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Stark faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Stark flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Neosho County.

Disasters that hit Stark

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StarkDeclared for Neosho County only

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the City of Stark for repairs

Neosho County has had 19 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. Stark 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 Stark’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stark. 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.