Landslide Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index landslide score

Landslide risk — downhill movement of rock, soil, and debris on unstable slopes — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Riley County carries the state's highest landslide score at 81.5, with $28K in expected annual landslide losses.

No Kansas county reaches the High band for landslide, and expected annual losses from landslide total roughly $162K statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Landslide

#CountyLandslide ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Riley County
81.5
Low 0.24 / yr $28K
2 Doniphan County
78.7
Low 0.28 / yr $15K
3 Pottawatomie County
77.3
Low 0.37 / yr $19K
4 Wyandotte County
76.8
Low 0.12 / yr $10K
5 Leavenworth County
73.6
Low 0.22 / yr $11K
6 Johnson County
69.0
Low 0.13 / yr $8K
7 Douglas County
67.4
Low 0.13 / yr $6K
8 Jefferson County
66.6
Low 0.18 / yr $7K
9 Chautauqua County
66.5
Low 0.21 / yr $4K
10 Geary County
65.6
Low 0.18 / yr $6K
11 Wabaunsee County
65.0
Low 0.30 / yr $4K
12 Shawnee County
63.8
Low 0.15 / yr $4K
13 Atchison County
60.6
Very Low 0.13 / yr $4K
14 Greenwood County
59.2
Very Low 0.27 / yr $3K
15 Jackson County
58.9
Very Low 0.16 / yr $3K
16 Linn County
58.1
Very Low 0.14 / yr $3K
17 Chase County
57.5
Very Low 0.26 / yr $3K
18 Cowley County
57.3
Very Low 0.25 / yr $2K
19 Morris County
51.6
Very Low 0.13 / yr $1K
20 Elk County
50.8
Very Low 0.16 / yr $1K
21 Montgomery County
50.0
Very Low 0.12 / yr $1K
22 Marshall County
49.7
Very Low 0.20 / yr $1K
23 Nemaha County
49.6
Very Low 0.17 / yr $2K
24 Sedgwick County
49.2
Very Low 0.13 / yr $1K
25 Washington County
48.9
Very Low 0.21 / yr $1K
26 Miami County
48.5
Very Low 0.13 / yr $2K
27 Franklin County
48.1
Very Low 0.11 / yr $1K
28 Clay County
46.7
Very Low 0.11 / yr $1K
29 Dickinson County
45.4
Very Low 0.13 / yr $992
30 Osage County
44.5
Very Low 0.14 / yr $873
31 Bourbon County
44.2
Very Low 0.12 / yr $805
32 Brown County
43.2
Very Low 0.12 / yr $970
33 Anderson County
41.8
Very Low 0.09 / yr $559
34 Lyon County
40.1
Very Low 0.14 / yr $772
35 Butler County
39.2
Very Low 0.21 / yr $793
36 Cherokee County
38.1
Very Low 0.10 / yr $555
37 Wilson County
37.2
Very Low 0.11 / yr $648
38 Labette County
35.2
Very Low 0.09 / yr $330
39 Marion County
35.0
Very Low 0.13 / yr $468
40 Sumner County
32.4
Very Low 0.14 / yr $412
41 Crawford County
32.3
Very Low 0.10 / yr $341
42 Coffey County
31.4
Very Low 0.09 / yr $258
43 Woodson County
30.5
Very Low 0.08 / yr $223
44 McPherson County
26.3
Very Low 0.12 / yr $367
45 Neosho County
25.4
Very Low 0.08 / yr $225
46 Harvey County
21.7
Very Low 0.06 / yr $233
47 Phillips County
21.2
Very Low 0.32 / yr $100
48 Norton County
19.6
Very Low 0.31 / yr $97
49 Harper County
17.7
Very Low 0.10 / yr $77
50 Barber County
17.0
Very Low 0.49 / yr $89
51 Rawlins County
14.8
Very Low 0.30 / yr $83
52 Jewell County
14.6
Very Low 0.23 / yr $53
53 Saline County
14.4
Very Low 0.12 / yr $73
54 Allen County
14.4
Very Low 0.07 / yr $73
55 Smith County
12.9
Very Low 0.24 / yr $50
56 Osborne County
12.8
Very Low 0.23 / yr $41
57 Decatur County
12.8
Very Low 0.25 / yr $49
58 Lincoln County
12.3
Very Low 0.17 / yr $36
59 Ellis County
12.2
Very Low 0.19 / yr $60
60 Cloud County
12.1
Very Low 0.14 / yr $39
61 Ford County
11.6
Very Low 0.13 / yr $39
62 Cheyenne County
11.6
Very Low 0.21 / yr $26
63 Reno County
11.5
Very Low 0.14 / yr $37
64 Russell County
11.3
Very Low 0.26 / yr $37
65 Ellsworth County
10.4
Very Low 0.18 / yr $34
66 Republic County
8.5
Very Low 0.13 / yr $20
67 Ottawa County
8.4
Very Low 0.13 / yr $20
68 Finney County
8.3
Very Low 0.15 / yr $19
69 Rooks County
8.1
Very Low 0.19 / yr $24
70 Barton County
7.8
Very Low 0.10 / yr $14
71 Mitchell County
7.6
Very Low 0.11 / yr $17
72 Ness County
7.3
Very Low 0.14 / yr $14
73 Graham County
7.0
Very Low 0.20 / yr $14
74 Scott County
6.7
Very Low 0.08 / yr $9
75 Trego County
6.7
Very Low 0.16 / yr $19
76 Pratt County
6.1
Very Low 0.09 / yr $10
77 Clark County
5.9
Very Low 0.24 / yr $11
78 Sheridan County
5.9
Very Low 0.17 / yr $15
79 Kingman County
5.5
Very Low 0.11 / yr $9
80 Comanche County
5.5
Very Low 0.20 / yr $7
81 Hodgeman County
5.1
Very Low 0.11 / yr $10
82 Gray County
4.8
Very Low 0.09 / yr $7
83 Seward County
4.6
Very Low 0.08 / yr $6
84 Gove County
4.5
Very Low 0.16 / yr $9
85 Pawnee County
4.4
Very Low 0.08 / yr $6
86 Meade County
4.3
Very Low 0.17 / yr $7
87 Logan County
4.2
Very Low 0.14 / yr $5
88 Kiowa County
3.8
Very Low 0.16 / yr $5
89 Thomas County
3.8
Very Low 0.11 / yr $7
90 Rush County
3.5
Very Low 0.08 / yr $6
91 Sherman County
3.3
Very Low 0.11 / yr $5
92 Kearny County
3.1
Very Low 0.11 / yr $5
93 Wallace County
3.0
Very Low 0.11 / yr $3
94 Rice County
2.9
Very Low 0.08 / yr $4
95 Stevens County
2.4
Very Low 0.08 / yr $2
96 Lane County
2.4
Very Low 0.10 / yr $3
97 Greeley County
1.9
Very Low 0.07 / yr $2
98 Edwards County
1.8
Very Low 0.08 / yr $2
99 Stafford County
1.6
Very Low 0.09 / yr $1
100 Wichita County
1.3
Very Low 0.07 / yr $1
101 Morton County
1.3
Very Low 0.08 / yr $1
102 Grant County
1.0
Very Low 0.06 / yr $1
103 Hamilton County
1.0
Very Low 0.11 / yr $1
104 Haskell County
0.4
Very Low 0.06 / yr $0
105 Stanton County
0.4
Very Low 0.07 / yr $0

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest landslide risk?

Riley County has the highest FEMA landslide risk score in Kansas at 81.5 (Low), with $28K in expected annual losses and about 0.24 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant landslide risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable landslide risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 0 of them are rated High or Very High.

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