Natural hazards · Strong

Strong, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Strong comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1985. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Strong?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Strong to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes12%Wildfire9%Hail8%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Strong faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Strong flood?

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

10paid claims since 1985

$126Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Strong is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Chase County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

30flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Strong

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StrongDeclared for Chase County only

2019

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

$321K to the City of Strong for repairs

2013

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

$2K to the City of Strong for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$10K to the City of Strong for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$18K to the City of Strong for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$5K to the City of Strong for repairs

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