Natural hazards · Voltaire

Voltaire, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Voltaire comes from hail, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Voltaire?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Voltaire to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail31%Inland flooding21%Strong wind14%Tornadoes11%Cold waves10%Drought9%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Voltaire faces

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

Hail

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 68 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Voltaire flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sherman County.

Disasters that hit Voltaire

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into VoltaireDeclared for Sherman County only

Sherman County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Voltaire

Voltaire and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Goodlandmostly strong windsModerate

Voltairemostly hailLow

Grantmostly hailLow

Loganmostly hailLow

Itascamostly hailLow

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