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Natural hazards · Tisdale

Tisdale, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tisdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Tisdale?

83
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tisdale to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding31%Wildfire22%Tornadoes18%Cold waves12%Hail6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Tisdale faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

22% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Tisdale flood?

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

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

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TisdaleDeclared for Cowley County only
2025

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

$113K to the Township of Tisdale for repairs
2019

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

$19K to the Township of Tisdale for repairs
2015

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

$10K to the Township of Tisdale for repairs
2013

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

$14K to the Township of Tisdale for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$10K to the Township of Tisdale for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Tisdale for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$6K to the Township of Tisdale for repairs
Cowley County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Tisdale

Tisdale and the towns around it

Liberty: Very high, mostly inland floodingWalnut: Moderate, mostly tornadoesSalem: High, mostly inland floodingSheridan: Very high, mostly inland floodingDexter: Very high, mostly inland floodingSpring Creek: Very high, mostly inland floodingSilverdale: Very high, mostly inland floodingPleasant Valley: High, mostly inland floodingVernon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWinfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairview: High, mostly inland floodingRichland: High, mostly inland floodingSilver Creek: Very high, mostly inland floodingWindsor: Very high, mostly inland floodingTisdale: Very high, mostly inland flooding TisdaleLibertyWalnutSalemSheridan
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Tisdalemostly inland floodingVery high
Libertymostly inland floodingVery high
Sheridanmostly inland floodingVery high
Salemmostly inland floodingHigh
Walnutmostly tornadoesModerate
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. Tisdale 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 Tisdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Tisdale. 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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