Natural hazards · West Cherry

West Cherry, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Cherry 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 West Cherry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Cherry to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves17%Tornadoes14%Drought10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What West Cherry 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 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 45 times a year 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 West Cherry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit West Cherry

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West CherryDeclared for Montgomery County only

Montgomery County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around West Cherry

West Cherry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Cherrymostly inland floodingHigh

Sycamoremostly inland floodingHigh

Cherrymostly inland floodingHigh

Drum Creekmostly 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. West Cherry 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 West Cherry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of West Cherry. 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.