Natural hazards · Verdigris

Verdigris, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Verdigris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Verdigris?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Verdigris to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes17%Drought14%Cold waves9%Strong wind8%Wildfire5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Verdigris faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 48 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Verdigris flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilson County.

Disasters that hit Verdigris

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Wilson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Verdigris itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into VerdigrisDeclared for Wilson County only

Wilson County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Verdigris

Verdigris and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salt Springsmostly inland floodingVery high

Pleasant Grovemostly inland floodingVery high

Verdigrismostly inland floodingHigh

Torontomostly inland floodingHigh

Fall Rivermostly inland floodingHigh

Prairiemostly inland floodingHigh

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. Verdigris 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 Verdigris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Verdigris. 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.