Natural hazards · Tecumseh

Tecumseh, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tecumseh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1993. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tecumseh?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tecumseh to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes23%Heat waves11%Cold waves7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Tecumseh 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

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 42 years in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Tecumseh flood?

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

11paid claims since 1993

$229Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 3 claims, $83K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shawnee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Tecumseh

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TecumsehDeclared for Shawnee County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$38K to the Township of Tecumseh for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $21K to the Township of Tecumseh for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$14K to the Township of Tecumseh for repairs

Shawnee County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Tecumseh

Tecumseh and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kawmostly inland floodingHigh

Topekamostly inland floodingModerate

Soldiermostly inland floodingModerate

Monmouthmostly inland floodingModerate

Kanwakamostly inland floodingModerate

Tecumsehmostly inland floodingLow

Topekamostly inland floodingLow

Lecomptonmostly inland floodingLow

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. Tecumseh covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tecumseh’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Tecumseh. 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 Tecumseh total about $2.4M 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.