Natural hazards · WaKeeney

WaKeeney, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in WaKeeney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is WaKeeney?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in WaKeeney to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding24%Tornadoes20%Hail18%Drought15%Strong wind9%Cold waves7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What WaKeeney faces

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

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 77 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 WaKeeney flood?

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

Disasters that hit WaKeeney

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaKeeneyDeclared for Trego County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes

$11K to the City of WaKeeney for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$14K to the City of WaKeeney for repairs

Trego County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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