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Natural hazards · Weir

Weir, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weir comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Weir?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weir to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding45%Drought18%Cold waves13%Tornadoes11%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Weir faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage
Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Weir flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Weir

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeirDeclared for Cherokee County only
2013

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

$3K to the City of Weir for repairs
2009

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

$56K to the City of Weir for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$29K to the City of Weir for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $6K aid approved
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the City of Weir for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $581 aid approved
Cherokee County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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. Weir 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 Weir’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Weir. 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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