Natural hazards · White Rock

White Rock, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in White Rock comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is White Rock?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in White Rock to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hail.

Drought30%Hail22%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes13%Cold waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What White Rock faces

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

Drought

30% of expected damage

Recorded about 73 times a year in the area

Hail

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 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 White Rock flood?

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

Disasters that hit White Rock

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lane County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching White Rock itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into White RockDeclared for Lane County only

Lane County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around White Rock

White Rock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ohiomostly inland floodingHigh

Larrabeemostly hailModerate

Jeromemostly hailModerate

White Rockmostly droughtModerate

Alamotamostly droughtModerate

Wilsonmostly droughtModerate

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. White Rock 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 White Rock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of White Rock. 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.