Ice Storm Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index ice storm score

Ice Storm risk — freezing rain that coats surfaces in heavy, damaging ice — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Sedgwick County carries the state's highest ice storm score at 99.8, with $8M in expected annual ice storm losses.

31 Kansas counties are rated High or Very High for ice storm, and expected annual losses from ice storm total roughly $55M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Ice Storm

#CountyIce Storm ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Sedgwick County
99.8
Very High 0.72 / yr $8M
2 Johnson County
98.7
Very High 0.99 / yr $5M
3 Shawnee County
97.9
Very High 1.09 / yr $3M
4 Reno County
96.9
Very High 1.01 / yr $2M
5 Osage County
96.6
Very High 0.92 / yr $2M
6 Wyandotte County
95.3
Very High 0.96 / yr $1M
7 Saline County
93.0
High 1.01 / yr $2M
8 Greenwood County
92.9
High 0.47 / yr $1M
9 Crawford County
92.8
High 0.90 / yr $1M
10 Lyon County
92.7
High 0.75 / yr $1M
11 Douglas County
91.9
High 1.13 / yr $2M
12 Riley County
91.7
High 1.01 / yr $2M
13 Labette County
90.6
High 0.92 / yr $724K
14 Marion County
90.4
High 0.92 / yr $1M
15 Ottawa County
89.9
High 1.08 / yr $959K
16 Barton County
89.1
High 0.80 / yr $728K
17 Kingman County
87.5
High 0.93 / yr $731K
18 Leavenworth County
87.1
High 1.15 / yr $968K
19 Dickinson County
86.9
High 1.02 / yr $709K
20 Pottawatomie County
86.5
High 0.90 / yr $1M
21 Cowley County
86.4
High 0.61 / yr $640K
22 Cherokee County
85.3
High 1.09 / yr $590K
23 Republic County
85.1
High 0.96 / yr $630K
24 Geary County
84.7
High 1.00 / yr $826K
25 Lincoln County
84.5
High 0.94 / yr $525K
26 Franklin County
84.2
High 0.96 / yr $639K
27 McPherson County
84.2
High 0.97 / yr $944K
28 Montgomery County
83.6
High 0.58 / yr $469K
29 Butler County
83.3
High 0.54 / yr $676K
30 Russell County
83.3
High 0.81 / yr $571K
31 Ellsworth County
82.2
High 0.92 / yr $577K
32 Cloud County
81.8
Medium 0.95 / yr $480K
33 Rice County
80.5
Medium 0.89 / yr $473K
34 Mitchell County
80.3
Medium 0.84 / yr $439K
35 Ellis County
78.4
Medium 0.65 / yr $547K
36 Coffey County
78.0
Medium 0.74 / yr $265K
37 Clay County
77.3
Medium 1.04 / yr $327K
38 Morris County
76.2
Medium 0.91 / yr $231K
39 Phillips County
75.9
Medium 0.47 / yr $232K
40 Bourbon County
74.5
Medium 0.54 / yr $255K
41 Harvey County
74.4
Medium 0.87 / yr $475K
42 Sumner County
74.0
Medium 0.67 / yr $301K
43 Jewell County
73.2
Medium 0.87 / yr $235K
44 Miami County
73.1
Medium 0.88 / yr $343K
45 Ford County
71.7
Medium 0.56 / yr $265K
46 Neosho County
71.1
Medium 0.57 / yr $266K
47 Marshall County
71.1
Medium 0.96 / yr $242K
48 Anderson County
70.8
Medium 0.59 / yr $173K
49 Pratt County
70.7
Medium 0.80 / yr $208K
50 Jackson County
70.6
Medium 0.94 / yr $231K
51 Smith County
67.8
Medium 0.64 / yr $213K
52 Jefferson County
67.2
Medium 1.11 / yr $301K
53 Harper County
66.3
Medium 0.77 / yr $157K
54 Washington County
66.1
Medium 1.05 / yr $200K
55 Osborne County
65.6
Medium 0.65 / yr $159K
56 Finney County
65.2
Medium 0.47 / yr $170K
57 Wabaunsee County
63.6
Medium 0.93 / yr $180K
58 Pawnee County
63.3
Medium 0.75 / yr $162K
59 Atchison County
61.3
Medium 0.81 / yr $215K
60 Stafford County
60.3
Medium 0.83 / yr $140K
61 Nemaha County
60.2
Medium 0.86 / yr $171K
62 Allen County
57.6
Low 0.36 / yr $153K
63 Seward County
57.1
Low 0.46 / yr $104K
64 Chase County
56.6
Low 0.76 / yr $128K
65 Norton County
54.6
Low 0.36 / yr $92K
66 Brown County
54.3
Low 0.84 / yr $121K
67 Chautauqua County
54.2
Low 0.68 / yr $95K
68 Woodson County
53.0
Low 0.46 / yr $67K
69 Barber County
52.6
Low 0.66 / yr $108K
70 Rooks County
51.9
Low 0.48 / yr $130K
71 Elk County
51.4
Low 0.55 / yr $64K
72 Wilson County
51.1
Low 0.39 / yr $106K
73 Rush County
47.2
Low 0.72 / yr $116K
74 Linn County
45.8
Low 0.55 / yr $83K
75 Stevens County
44.3
Low 0.45 / yr $42K
76 Ness County
44.2
Low 0.52 / yr $62K
77 Doniphan County
44.0
Low 0.73 / yr $68K
78 Gray County
43.8
Low 0.52 / yr $63K
79 Decatur County
41.8
Low 0.32 / yr $63K
80 Edwards County
37.3
Low 0.72 / yr $50K
81 Kiowa County
37.1
Low 0.59 / yr $46K
82 Trego County
34.6
Low 0.46 / yr $59K
83 Cheyenne County
32.7
Low 0.11 / yr $27K
84 Meade County
32.5
Low 0.47 / yr $49K
85 Grant County
30.9
Low 0.34 / yr $45K
86 Comanche County
30.2
Low 0.53 / yr $28K
87 Rawlins County
30.2
Low 0.19 / yr $44K
88 Clark County
27.9
Low 0.51 / yr $33K
89 Scott County
27.5
Low 0.33 / yr $20K
90 Haskell County
24.6
Very Low 0.48 / yr $27K
91 Graham County
24.2
Very Low 0.34 / yr $22K
92 Thomas County
22.9
Very Low 0.12 / yr $30K
93 Morton County
18.1
Very Low 0.28 / yr $18K
94 Sherman County
17.7
Very Low 0.06 / yr $15K
95 Hodgeman County
17.5
Very Low 0.57 / yr $17K
96 Kearny County
16.4
Very Low 0.30 / yr $15K
97 Stanton County
13.7
Very Low 0.22 / yr $8K
98 Sheridan County
13.4
Very Low 0.21 / yr $12K
99 Lane County
13.4
Very Low 0.43 / yr $11K
100 Hamilton County
12.6
Very Low 0.20 / yr $9K
101 Gove County
9.0
Very Low 0.19 / yr $6K
102 Wichita County
7.3
Very Low 0.19 / yr $4K
103 Logan County
5.9
Very Low 0.09 / yr $2K
104 Wallace County
3.6
Very Low 0.03 / yr $1K
105 Greeley County
1.8
Very Low 0.07 / yr $1K

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest ice storm risk?

Sedgwick County has the highest FEMA ice storm risk score in Kansas at 99.8 (Very High), with $8M in expected annual losses and about 0.72 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant ice storm risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable ice storm risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 31 of them are rated High or Very High.

Other Hazards in Kansas

Cold Wave Drought Earthquake Hail Heat Wave Hurricane Riverine Flood Landslide Lightning Strong Wind Tornado Wildfire Winter Weather