Drought Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index drought score

Drought risk — extended dry periods that stress water supplies and agriculture — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Stevens County carries the state's highest drought score at 99.2, with $6M in expected annual drought losses.

21 Kansas counties are rated High or Very High for drought, and expected annual losses from drought total roughly $101M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Drought

#CountyDrought ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Stevens County
99.2
High 138.17 / yr $6M
2 Finney County
98.3
High 97.84 / yr $5M
3 Seward County
97.3
High 122.09 / yr $4M
4 Gray County
97.1
High 76.66 / yr $4M
5 Stanton County
96.6
High 124.98 / yr $3M
6 Scott County
96.2
High 76.76 / yr $2M
7 Haskell County
96.2
High 91.17 / yr $4M
8 Pratt County
96.1
High 55.36 / yr $3M
9 Ford County
95.8
High 67.03 / yr $3M
10 Meade County
95.4
High 98.72 / yr $4M
11 Grant County
95.2
High 121.39 / yr $4M
12 Crawford County
95.1
High 19.06 / yr $2M
13 Stafford County
94.1
High 71.26 / yr $2M
14 Kearny County
93.8
High 89.79 / yr $3M
15 Edwards County
93.4
High 65.69 / yr $2M
16 Cherokee County
93.2
High 20.38 / yr $2M
17 Barber County
92.9
High 58.87 / yr $2M
18 Phillips County
92.7
High 44.47 / yr $2M
19 Kiowa County
92.3
High 69.28 / yr $2M
20 Morton County
91.1
High 142.16 / yr $2M
21 Pawnee County
90.6
High 64.60 / yr $2M
22 Harper County
88.0
Medium 69.74 / yr $1M
23 Comanche County
87.2
Medium 72.88 / yr $1M
24 Hamilton County
85.1
Medium 93.67 / yr $2M
25 Norton County
84.4
Medium 73.99 / yr $1M
26 Thomas County
82.2
Medium 82.25 / yr $2M
27 Labette County
82.0
Medium 23.91 / yr $744K
28 Clark County
81.6
Medium 79.26 / yr $1M
29 Wichita County
80.4
Medium 75.65 / yr $1M
30 Rooks County
80.1
Medium 46.08 / yr $1M
31 Smith County
79.9
Medium 47.87 / yr $1M
32 Hodgeman County
79.7
Medium 67.34 / yr $1M
33 Osborne County
79.6
Medium 37.69 / yr $839K
34 Logan County
79.5
Medium 79.53 / yr $772K
35 Sheridan County
78.0
Medium 69.56 / yr $1M
36 Sumner County
77.8
Medium 59.86 / yr $886K
37 Graham County
76.8
Medium 73.44 / yr $742K
38 Bourbon County
76.6
Medium 13.89 / yr $684K
39 Ness County
76.6
Medium 59.58 / yr $717K
40 Anderson County
76.0
Medium 14.66 / yr $549K
41 Decatur County
75.7
Medium 87.57 / yr $793K
42 Doniphan County
75.4
Medium 18.82 / yr $749K
43 Jewell County
74.2
Medium 33.53 / yr $599K
44 Kingman County
74.1
Medium 47.95 / yr $654K
45 Lane County
73.9
Medium 72.88 / yr $918K
46 Brown County
73.8
Medium 15.28 / yr $759K
47 Gove County
73.6
Medium 69.83 / yr $886K
48 Greeley County
73.4
Medium 78.70 / yr $891K
49 Rawlins County
72.2
Medium 93.67 / yr $810K
50 Montgomery County
71.2
Medium 44.04 / yr $481K
51 Coffey County
70.8
Medium 27.47 / yr $413K
52 Mitchell County
70.1
Medium 19.49 / yr $558K
53 Russell County
70.1
Medium 48.08 / yr $563K
54 Neosho County
69.9
Medium 23.27 / yr $595K
55 Rush County
67.2
Medium 59.03 / yr $677K
56 Cheyenne County
67.1
Medium 80.09 / yr $314K
57 Wilson County
64.5
Medium 39.27 / yr $456K
58 Cowley County
64.4
Medium 44.20 / yr $364K
59 Rice County
63.9
Low 50.17 / yr $406K
60 Woodson County
63.8
Low 36.43 / yr $250K
61 Sedgwick County
63.6
Low 40.27 / yr $387K
62 Trego County
63.5
Low 77.32 / yr $510K
63 Ellis County
60.9
Low 50.89 / yr $456K
64 Atchison County
60.5
Low 18.68 / yr $443K
65 Sherman County
58.0
Low 67.60 / yr $300K
66 Osage County
56.0
Low 14.36 / yr $210K
67 Allen County
55.9
Low 17.24 / yr $278K
68 Butler County
55.3
Low 37.69 / yr $270K
69 Franklin County
55.3
Low 12.57 / yr $238K
70 Lincoln County
55.1
Low 32.15 / yr $188K
71 Lyon County
54.7
Low 20.20 / yr $238K
72 Ellsworth County
54.1
Low 41.85 / yr $230K
73 Nemaha County
53.3
Low 10.29 / yr $233K
74 Reno County
51.3
Low 62.44 / yr $165K
75 Republic County
51.0
Low 11.26 / yr $161K
76 Dickinson County
50.8
Low 20.34 / yr $156K
77 Douglas County
50.7
Low 12.31 / yr $209K
78 Harvey County
49.9
Low 48.05 / yr $241K
79 Morris County
49.0
Low 27.89 / yr $100K
80 Barton County
47.9
Low 55.46 / yr $108K
81 Saline County
47.4
Low 23.00 / yr $156K
82 Shawnee County
46.8
Low 12.87 / yr $122K
83 Jefferson County
46.4
Low 14.71 / yr $182K
84 Leavenworth County
45.8
Low 14.81 / yr $144K
85 Elk County
45.8
Low 46.28 / yr $77K
86 Greenwood County
44.9
Low 42.04 / yr $102K
87 Chautauqua County
44.0
Low 57.36 / yr $88K
88 Linn County
40.9
Low 7.36 / yr $85K
89 Jackson County
40.2
Low 14.13 / yr $67K
90 Marshall County
39.5
Low 4.63 / yr $65K
91 Marion County
37.5
Low 27.77 / yr $55K
92 Chase County
37.5
Low 30.48 / yr $59K
93 Miami County
37.4
Low 3.61 / yr $69K
94 Wabaunsee County
36.7
Low 21.34 / yr $57K
95 Wallace County
36.0
Low 69.83 / yr $47K
96 Washington County
34.0
Low 4.79 / yr $42K
97 Ottawa County
33.8
Low 7.45 / yr $38K
98 Cloud County
31.5
Low 3.49 / yr $30K
99 Wyandotte County
31.2
Low 11.67 / yr $25K
100 McPherson County
28.7
Very Low 44.64 / yr $35K
101 Pottawatomie County
25.9
Very Low 10.09 / yr $22K
102 Geary County
25.8
Very Low 17.28 / yr $20K
103 Johnson County
24.9
Very Low 6.24 / yr $18K
104 Riley County
24.8
Very Low 7.20 / yr $17K
105 Clay County
23.6
Very Low 5.68 / yr $9K

105 Kansas counties with measurable drought risk. See the national drought ranking or all Kansas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest drought risk?

Stevens County has the highest FEMA drought risk score in Kansas at 99.2 (High), with $6M in expected annual losses and about 138.17 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant drought risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable drought risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 21 of them are rated High or Very High.

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