Hail Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index hail score

Hail risk — ice stones from severe thunderstorms that damage property and crops — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Sedgwick County carries the state's highest hail score at 99.0, with $12M in expected annual hail losses.

14 Kansas counties are rated High or Very High for hail, and expected annual losses from hail total roughly $149M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Hail

#CountyHail ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Sedgwick County
99.0
High 10.23 / yr $12M
2 Johnson County
98.9
High 9.24 / yr $15M
3 Scott County
97.9
High 9.19 / yr $4M
4 Finney County
97.7
High 10.08 / yr $5M
5 Phillips County
97.2
High 7.48 / yr $3M
6 Wyandotte County
96.6
High 9.06 / yr $3M
7 Barton County
96.3
High 10.54 / yr $3M
8 Jewell County
96.2
High 7.91 / yr $3M
9 Ford County
96.0
High 10.81 / yr $4M
10 Mitchell County
95.9
High 8.40 / yr $4M
11 Gray County
95.4
High 10.63 / yr $3M
12 Smith County
94.8
High 7.67 / yr $3M
13 Reno County
94.3
High 11.38 / yr $3M
14 Osborne County
94.0
High 8.42 / yr $2M
15 Rooks County
93.3
Medium 8.33 / yr $3M
16 Douglas County
92.3
Medium 9.81 / yr $3M
17 Norton County
91.7
Medium 7.70 / yr $2M
18 Republic County
91.7
Medium 8.11 / yr $2M
19 Pratt County
91.1
Medium 10.90 / yr $2M
20 Decatur County
90.7
Medium 8.28 / yr $2M
21 Pawnee County
90.3
Medium 11.42 / yr $2M
22 Butler County
89.1
Medium 9.30 / yr $2M
23 Wichita County
88.8
Medium 8.39 / yr $2M
24 Bourbon County
88.7
Medium 6.56 / yr $1M
25 Lincoln County
88.3
Medium 9.01 / yr $1M
26 Shawnee County
87.4
Medium 9.94 / yr $1M
27 Rice County
87.2
Medium 11.04 / yr $2M
28 Sheridan County
86.6
Medium 8.52 / yr $2M
29 Leavenworth County
86.3
Medium 9.85 / yr $2M
30 Saline County
85.7
Medium 9.19 / yr $2M
31 Stafford County
85.2
Medium 11.25 / yr $1M
32 Ellis County
85.0
Medium 9.39 / yr $2M
33 Sherman County
84.7
Medium 8.25 / yr $1M
34 Edwards County
84.4
Medium 11.06 / yr $1M
35 Washington County
84.2
Medium 8.25 / yr $1M
36 Cloud County
83.9
Medium 8.35 / yr $1M
37 Seward County
83.6
Medium 9.50 / yr $952K
38 Harper County
83.5
Medium 10.34 / yr $935K
39 Thomas County
83.3
Medium 8.62 / yr $2M
40 Kingman County
81.0
Medium 10.99 / yr $921K
41 Cowley County
80.9
Medium 9.24 / yr $892K
42 Cheyenne County
80.8
Medium 8.31 / yr $663K
43 Franklin County
80.7
Medium 9.45 / yr $1M
44 Sumner County
80.6
Medium 10.12 / yr $995K
45 Miami County
80.6
Medium 9.00 / yr $1M
46 McPherson County
80.3
Medium 10.16 / yr $1M
47 Marion County
80.1
Medium 9.42 / yr $904K
48 Haskell County
79.0
Medium 10.01 / yr $970K
49 Gove County
78.4
Medium 9.02 / yr $1M
50 Dickinson County
78.0
Medium 8.79 / yr $796K
51 Harvey County
77.8
Medium 10.10 / yr $1M
52 Hodgeman County
76.8
Medium 10.99 / yr $1M
53 Grant County
76.6
Medium 8.40 / yr $970K
54 Hamilton County
76.2
Medium 7.31 / yr $941K
55 Clay County
75.6
Medium 8.55 / yr $690K
56 Crawford County
75.5
Medium 6.83 / yr $648K
57 Osage County
75.3
Medium 9.26 / yr $677K
58 Ottawa County
74.9
Medium 8.75 / yr $727K
59 Montgomery County
73.8
Medium 7.07 / yr $565K
60 Ness County
73.8
Medium 10.35 / yr $628K
61 Barber County
73.2
Medium 9.72 / yr $727K
62 Morris County
73.2
Medium 8.61 / yr $481K
63 Greeley County
73.0
Low 7.68 / yr $904K
64 Russell County
71.3
Low 9.46 / yr $639K
65 Labette County
71.0
Low 7.23 / yr $415K
66 Logan County
70.7
Low 8.61 / yr $490K
67 Graham County
70.7
Low 8.39 / yr $553K
68 Rawlins County
70.6
Low 8.53 / yr $773K
69 Stevens County
70.1
Low 8.01 / yr $357K
70 Kearny County
69.3
Low 8.34 / yr $718K
71 Meade County
69.1
Low 9.91 / yr $704K
72 Ellsworth County
69.1
Low 9.86 / yr $626K
73 Kiowa County
66.7
Low 10.65 / yr $485K
74 Lane County
66.3
Low 9.90 / yr $679K
75 Greenwood County
66.2
Low 8.48 / yr $489K
76 Coffey County
64.1
Low 7.75 / yr $329K
77 Trego County
63.8
Low 9.32 / yr $628K
78 Marshall County
63.4
Low 8.20 / yr $440K
79 Atchison County
62.4
Low 9.44 / yr $625K
80 Rush County
62.2
Low 10.22 / yr $630K
81 Lyon County
61.8
Low 8.73 / yr $472K
82 Brown County
60.7
Low 7.91 / yr $457K
83 Comanche County
58.7
Low 9.85 / yr $305K
84 Cherokee County
58.5
Low 7.30 / yr $346K
85 Pottawatomie County
58.5
Low 8.81 / yr $566K
86 Stanton County
58.4
Low 7.06 / yr $357K
87 Chase County
57.7
Low 9.11 / yr $391K
88 Anderson County
56.1
Low 8.48 / yr $249K
89 Linn County
56.0
Low 8.10 / yr $393K
90 Riley County
55.8
Low 8.73 / yr $478K
91 Doniphan County
55.6
Low 8.15 / yr $344K
92 Clark County
54.9
Low 10.02 / yr $368K
93 Nemaha County
54.6
Low 8.19 / yr $401K
94 Wallace County
53.8
Low 8.01 / yr $319K
95 Neosho County
49.2
Low 6.66 / yr $289K
96 Elk County
45.6
Low 8.14 / yr $157K
97 Allen County
44.0
Low 6.58 / yr $267K
98 Woodson County
40.8
Low 6.45 / yr $126K
99 Geary County
40.6
Low 8.88 / yr $256K
100 Jackson County
40.3
Low 9.50 / yr $182K
101 Chautauqua County
36.7
Low 8.48 / yr $147K
102 Jefferson County
36.5
Low 9.85 / yr $250K
103 Morton County
35.8
Low 6.42 / yr $201K
104 Wilson County
35.4
Low 6.45 / yr $176K
105 Wabaunsee County
31.4
Very Low 9.00 / yr $148K

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest hail risk?

Sedgwick County has the highest FEMA hail risk score in Kansas at 99.0 (High), with $12M in expected annual losses and about 10.23 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant hail risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable hail risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 14 of them are rated High or Very High.

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