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Natural hazards · Valley Brook

Valley Brook, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Valley Brook comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Valley Brook?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Valley Brook to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding31%Ice storms18%Tornadoes14%Hail7%Strong wind7%Lightning6%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Valley Brook 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
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

Winter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Valley Brook flood?

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

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Valley BrookDeclared for Osage County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm

$140K to the Township of Valley Brook for repairs
2019

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

$42K to the Township of Valley Brook for repairs
2015

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

$34K to the Township of Valley Brook for repairs
2013

Snowstorm

$3K to the Township of Valley Brook for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$10K to the Township of Valley Brook for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$21K to the Township of Valley Brook for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Valley Brook for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$12K to the Township of Valley Brook for repairs
Osage County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Valley Brook

Valley Brook and the towns around it

Agency: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairfax: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJunction: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSuperior: High, mostly inland floodingOlivet: High, mostly inland floodingMelvern: High, mostly inland floodingLincoln: High, mostly inland floodingGreenwood: High, mostly inland floodingPomona: High, mostly inland floodingRidgeway: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElk: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAppanoose: High, mostly inland floodingVassar: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOsage City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDragoon: High, mostly inland floodingGrant: High, mostly inland floodingBarclay: High, mostly inland floodingKey West: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArvonia: High, mostly inland floodingRock Creek: High, mostly inland floodingValley Brook: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Valley BrookAgencyFairfaxJunctionSuperiorOlivetMelvern
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Superiormostly inland floodingHigh
Olivetmostly inland floodingHigh
Melvernmostly inland floodingHigh
Valley Brookmostly inland floodingModerate
Agencymostly inland floodingModerate
Fairfaxmostly inland floodingModerate
Junctionmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Valley Brook 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 Valley Brook’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Valley Brook. 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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