Natural hazards · Wetmore

Wetmore, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wetmore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wetmore?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wetmore to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes20%Wildfire13%Hail8%Strong wind5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Wetmore faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Wetmore flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nemaha County.

Disasters that hit Wetmore

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WetmoreDeclared for Nemaha County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$14K to the City of Wetmore for repairs

Nemaha County has had 14 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. Wetmore 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 Wetmore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wetmore. 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.