Natural hazards · Williamsport

Williamsport, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Williamsport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2026. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Williamsport?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Williamsport to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes24%Heat waves8%Cold waves5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Williamsport faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 74 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Williamsport flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Williamsport, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2026

$24Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shawnee County.

Disasters that hit Williamsport

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilliamsportDeclared for Shawnee County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$27K to the Township of Williamsport for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Williamsport for repairs

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

Around Williamsport

Williamsport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Auburnmostly inland floodingHigh

Topekamostly inland floodingModerate

Ridgewaymostly inland floodingModerate

Monmouthmostly inland floodingModerate

Wakarusamostly inland floodingModerate

Topekamostly inland floodingLow

Williamsportmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Williamsport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Williamsport’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Williamsport. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Williamsport total about $1.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.