Natural hazards · Udall

Udall, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Udall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Udall?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Udall to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes23%Cold waves16%Wildfire11%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Udall faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Udall flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Udall 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Udall

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UdallDeclared for Cowley County only

2019

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

$77K to the City of Udall for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $2K to the City of Udall for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$750 to the City of Udall for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$422K to the City of Udall for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$14K to the City of Udall for repairs

Cowley County has had 24 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. Udall 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 Udall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Udall. 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.