Natural hazards · Wakefield

Wakefield, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wakefield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wakefield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wakefield to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding41%Hail16%Tornadoes13%Strong wind11%Heat waves6%Wildfire6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Wakefield faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Wakefield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clay County.

Disasters that hit Wakefield

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WakefieldDeclared for Clay County only

2021

Severe Storms and Straight Line Winds

$5K to the City of Wakefield for repairs

2019

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

$31K to the City of Wakefield for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$11K to the City of Wakefield for repairs

Clay County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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