Natural hazards · Zeandale

Zeandale, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Zeandale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Zeandale?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Zeandale to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes20%Wildfire6%Heat waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Zeandale faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Zeandale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Riley County.

Disasters that hit Zeandale

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ZeandaleDeclared for Riley County only

2011

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

$27K to the Township of Zeandale for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$44K to the Township of Zeandale for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$894 to the Township of Zeandale for repairs

Riley County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Zeandale

Zeandale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wabaunseemostly inland floodingVery high

Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery high

Almamostly inland floodingVery high

Jacksonmostly inland floodingHigh

Bluemostly inland floodingHigh

Zeandalemostly inland floodingModerate

Ashlandmostly inland floodingModerate

St. Georgemostly inland floodingModerate

Manhattanmostly inland floodingModerate

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