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Natural hazards · Sylvan Grove

Sylvan Grove, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sylvan Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Sylvan Grove?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sylvan Grove to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding34%Hail27%Tornadoes13%Ice storms10%Strong wind6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Sylvan Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

27% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Sylvan Grove flood?

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

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

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sylvan GroveDeclared for Lincoln County only
2011

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

$38K to the City of Sylvan Grove for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$7K to the City of Sylvan Grove for repairs
Lincoln County has had 13 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. Sylvan Grove 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 Sylvan Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sylvan Grove. 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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