Heat Wave Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index heat wave score

Heat Wave risk — prolonged periods of extreme heat that threaten health and infrastructure — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Sedgwick County carries the state's highest heat wave score at 98.5, with $19M in expected annual heat wave losses.

3 Kansas counties are rated High or Very High for heat wave, and expected annual losses from heat wave total roughly $105M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Heat Wave

#CountyHeat Wave ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Sedgwick County
98.5
High 13.95 / yr $19M
2 Johnson County
98.4
High 14.95 / yr $27M
3 Wyandotte County
96.9
High 14.95 / yr $8M
4 Shawnee County
95.0
Medium 14.05 / yr $6M
5 Leavenworth County
88.8
Medium 14.79 / yr $4M
6 Reno County
84.6
Medium 11.79 / yr $2M
7 Butler County
84.0
Medium 14.11 / yr $2M
8 Dickinson County
83.2
Medium 13.16 / yr $2M
9 Montgomery County
81.8
Medium 16.58 / yr $1M
10 Morris County
80.9
Medium 13.42 / yr $1M
11 Riley County
80.0
Medium 13.16 / yr $2M
12 Crawford County
79.4
Medium 16.26 / yr $1M
13 Cowley County
78.5
Low 15.53 / yr $1M
14 Saline County
77.9
Low 12.05 / yr $2M
15 Miami County
73.4
Low 15.05 / yr $1M
16 Labette County
71.9
Low 16.37 / yr $711K
17 Douglas County
70.3
Low 14.37 / yr $1M
18 Marion County
70.1
Low 12.32 / yr $948K
19 Franklin County
69.8
Low 14.89 / yr $1M
20 Barton County
68.1
Low 8.53 / yr $726K
21 Geary County
67.2
Low 12.89 / yr $1M
22 Cherokee County
67.0
Low 16.42 / yr $760K
23 Sumner County
66.6
Low 15.21 / yr $859K
24 Harvey County
63.8
Low 12.84 / yr $1M
25 Bourbon County
63.7
Low 16.11 / yr $623K
26 Osage County
61.7
Low 14.84 / yr $595K
27 McPherson County
60.5
Low 11.74 / yr $976K
28 Lyon County
60.2
Low 14.42 / yr $679K
29 Neosho County
59.0
Low 15.63 / yr $632K
30 Jackson County
56.9
Low 13.00 / yr $517K
31 Coffey County
56.5
Low 14.37 / yr $380K
32 Brown County
56.4
Low 11.32 / yr $588K
33 Pottawatomie County
56.1
Low 13.11 / yr $774K
34 Jefferson County
55.7
Low 13.89 / yr $774K
35 Clay County
55.6
Low 12.37 / yr $469K
36 Allen County
54.4
Low 14.53 / yr $587K
37 Anderson County
53.2
Low 14.58 / yr $326K
38 Atchison County
52.6
Low 12.95 / yr $644K
39 Nemaha County
51.1
Low 11.26 / yr $495K
40 Cloud County
48.6
Low 11.05 / yr $358K
41 Kingman County
48.5
Low 12.58 / yr $344K
42 Marshall County
48.4
Low 11.11 / yr $359K
43 Harper County
47.7
Low 13.21 / yr $290K
44 Rice County
46.1
Low 8.84 / yr $343K
45 Linn County
45.6
Low 15.11 / yr $357K
46 Wilson County
45.3
Low 15.53 / yr $350K
47 Greenwood County
43.0
Low 14.21 / yr $269K
48 Doniphan County
42.1
Low 11.74 / yr $268K
49 Wabaunsee County
36.8
Very Low 13.63 / yr $226K
50 Ottawa County
36.4
Very Low 12.79 / yr $201K
51 Woodson County
35.0
Very Low 14.42 / yr $123K
52 Ellsworth County
34.9
Very Low 9.21 / yr $207K
53 Washington County
34.1
Very Low 10.68 / yr $190K
54 Russell County
34.1
Very Low 8.63 / yr $182K
55 Pratt County
32.7
Very Low 6.79 / yr $140K
56 Chautauqua County
32.4
Very Low 16.42 / yr $143K
57 Mitchell County
31.7
Very Low 7.95 / yr $159K
58 Republic County
31.6
Very Low 10.37 / yr $154K
59 Elk County
30.3
Very Low 15.37 / yr $98K
60 Phillips County
29.8
Very Low 6.79 / yr $102K
61 Ford County
27.4
Very Low 2.00 / yr $127K
62 Lincoln County
26.5
Very Low 9.16 / yr $98K
63 Norton County
24.0
Very Low 4.89 / yr $78K
64 Barber County
23.6
Very Low 7.74 / yr $97K
65 Jewell County
22.9
Very Low 7.68 / yr $71K
66 Smith County
22.2
Very Low 7.21 / yr $81K
67 Chase County
22.0
Very Low 12.26 / yr $82K
68 Finney County
20.7
Very Low 0.58 / yr $67K
69 Seward County
19.8
Very Low 0.95 / yr $54K
70 Stafford County
18.5
Very Low 6.37 / yr $54K
71 Ellis County
17.0
Very Low 4.95 / yr $68K
72 Comanche County
15.4
Very Low 5.58 / yr $32K
73 Graham County
15.2
Very Low 4.95 / yr $35K
74 Pawnee County
14.8
Very Low 4.84 / yr $37K
75 Kiowa County
13.5
Very Low 4.37 / yr $30K
76 Decatur County
13.0
Very Low 3.89 / yr $31K
77 Thomas County
12.8
Very Low 1.79 / yr $41K
78 Edwards County
12.0
Very Low 3.84 / yr $27K
79 Gove County
11.0
Very Low 3.47 / yr $29K
80 Clark County
10.9
Very Low 3.37 / yr $24K
81 Osborne County
10.3
Very Low 7.84 / yr $18K
82 Sheridan County
10.3
Very Low 4.16 / yr $30K
83 Logan County
9.2
Very Low 1.63 / yr $13K
84 Rooks County
8.6
Very Low 7.05 / yr $19K
85 Rawlins County
7.8
Very Low 2.16 / yr $16K
86 Gray County
7.2
Very Low 1.00 / yr $11K
87 Scott County
7.0
Very Low 0.47 / yr $7K
88 Meade County
6.3
Very Low 1.21 / yr $11K
89 Rush County
5.5
Very Low 4.79 / yr $10K
90 Ness County
5.3
Very Low 2.37 / yr $6K
91 Wichita County
4.7
Very Low 0.95 / yr $6K
92 Trego County
4.6
Very Low 3.11 / yr $7K
93 Hodgeman County
4.4
Very Low 2.21 / yr $6K
94 Stevens County
4.1
Very Low 0.21 / yr $3K
95 Haskell County
4.1
Very Low 0.53 / yr $5K
96 Cheyenne County
3.8
Very Low 0.32 / yr $2K
97 Lane County
3.8
Very Low 0.95 / yr $5K
98 Sherman County
3.6
Very Low 0.21 / yr $4K
99 Grant County
3.4
Very Low 0.16 / yr $3K
100 Kearny County
3.0
Very Low 0.16 / yr $2K
101 Stanton County
2.9
Very Low 0.16 / yr $1K
102 Morton County
2.8
Very Low 0.16 / yr $1K
103 Hamilton County
2.8
Very Low 0.16 / yr $1K
104 Greeley County
2.7
Very Low 0.26 / yr $984
105 Wallace County
2.7
Very Low 0.21 / yr $926

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest heat wave risk?

Sedgwick County has the highest FEMA heat wave risk score in Kansas at 98.5 (High), with $19M in expected annual losses and about 13.95 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant heat wave risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable heat wave risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 3 of them are rated High or Very High.

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