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Natural hazards · Atchison

Atchison, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Atchison comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Atchison?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Atchison to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes17%Drought9%Cold waves7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Atchison faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Atchison flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Atchison isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Nodaway County.
Disasters that hit Atchison

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AtchisonDeclared for Nodaway County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$118K to the Township of Atchison for repairs
2015

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

$54K to the Township of Atchison for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$21K to the Township of Atchison for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Township of Atchison for repairs
Nodaway County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Atchison

Atchison and the towns around it

Lincoln: High, mostly inland floodingHopkins: High, mostly inland floodingNodaway: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: High, mostly inland floodingBraddyville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreen: High, mostly inland floodingIndependence: High, mostly inland floodingPolk: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAtchison: High, mostly inland flooding AtchisonLincolnHopkinsNodawayUnionBraddyville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Atchisonmostly inland floodingHigh
Lincolnmostly inland floodingHigh
Hopkinsmostly inland floodingHigh
Nodawaymostly inland floodingHigh
Unionmostly inland floodingHigh
Braddyvillemostly 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. Atchison covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Atchison’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Atchison. 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 Atchison total about $2.5M 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.

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