Strong Wind Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind score

Strong Wind risk — damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Wyandotte County carries the state's highest strong wind score at 98.7, with $6M in expected annual strong wind losses.

8 Kansas counties are rated High or Very High for strong wind, and expected annual losses from strong wind total roughly $82M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Strong Wind

#CountyStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Wyandotte County
98.7
Very High 6.91 / yr $6M
2 Reno County
96.6
High 7.19 / yr $4M
3 Crawford County
90.7
High 5.30 / yr $2M
4 Barton County
90.6
High 5.87 / yr $2M
5 Sedgwick County
87.9
High 7.10 / yr $2M
6 Douglas County
87.5
High 7.31 / yr $2M
7 Butler County
84.9
High 6.85 / yr $2M
8 Leavenworth County
84.0
High 7.33 / yr $2M
9 Montgomery County
83.7
Medium 5.76 / yr $1M
10 Cowley County
83.4
Medium 6.81 / yr $1M
11 Finney County
81.9
Medium 4.57 / yr $1M
12 Labette County
81.3
Medium 5.83 / yr $984K
13 Sherman County
79.6
Medium 4.22 / yr $2M
14 Shawnee County
79.5
Medium 7.45 / yr $1M
15 Mitchell County
78.2
Medium 5.12 / yr $1M
16 Dickinson County
77.6
Medium 5.92 / yr $1M
17 Miami County
76.8
Medium 6.79 / yr $2M
18 Phillips County
75.1
Medium 4.20 / yr $857K
19 Franklin County
75.0
Medium 7.07 / yr $1M
20 Republic County
74.2
Medium 4.85 / yr $1M
21 Marion County
73.9
Medium 6.69 / yr $1M
22 Ellis County
73.1
Medium 5.00 / yr $2M
23 Jewell County
72.8
Medium 4.71 / yr $946K
24 Scott County
72.6
Medium 4.49 / yr $744K
25 Smith County
70.9
Medium 4.50 / yr $1M
26 McPherson County
69.4
Medium 6.99 / yr $2M
27 Cherokee County
67.7
Medium 5.87 / yr $869K
28 Ford County
67.5
Medium 4.74 / yr $995K
29 Marshall County
67.5
Medium 5.04 / yr $932K
30 Saline County
67.2
Medium 6.18 / yr $1M
31 Sumner County
66.9
Medium 6.93 / yr $971K
32 Seward County
65.9
Medium 4.59 / yr $763K
33 Cloud County
64.7
Medium 5.12 / yr $846K
34 Norton County
64.6
Medium 4.12 / yr $728K
35 Washington County
61.8
Medium 4.94 / yr $860K
36 Osborne County
61.3
Medium 4.91 / yr $698K
37 Decatur County
61.1
Medium 4.46 / yr $835K
38 Osage County
60.4
Medium 6.98 / yr $706K
39 Geary County
60.1
Medium 5.79 / yr $1M
40 Bourbon County
59.6
Medium 5.03 / yr $657K
41 Neosho County
58.3
Medium 5.26 / yr $793K
42 Riley County
57.6
Medium 5.54 / yr $992K
43 Coffey County
57.6
Medium 5.93 / yr $514K
44 Logan County
56.8
Medium 4.45 / yr $569K
45 Anderson County
56.7
Medium 6.47 / yr $495K
46 Rooks County
56.0
Medium 4.57 / yr $908K
47 Wilson County
54.7
Medium 5.17 / yr $748K
48 Clay County
54.2
Medium 5.34 / yr $600K
49 Lyon County
53.7
Medium 6.41 / yr $716K
50 Pratt County
49.9
Low 5.61 / yr $494K
51 Morris County
48.9
Low 6.20 / yr $396K
52 Greenwood County
48.4
Low 6.40 / yr $538K
53 Harper County
47.9
Low 6.43 / yr $450K
54 Pawnee County
47.2
Low 5.71 / yr $530K
55 Johnson County
47.1
Low 6.97 / yr $758K
56 Kingman County
47.1
Low 6.74 / yr $498K
57 Rice County
45.7
Low 7.01 / yr $537K
58 Allen County
45.5
Low 5.18 / yr $612K
59 Linn County
45.4
Low 6.16 / yr $569K
60 Pottawatomie County
45.2
Low 5.86 / yr $748K
61 Russell County
43.8
Low 5.42 / yr $494K
62 Ottawa County
42.3
Low 5.57 / yr $459K
63 Sheridan County
42.2
Low 4.46 / yr $679K
64 Ellsworth County
41.8
Low 6.20 / yr $506K
65 Jackson County
41.0
Low 6.91 / yr $432K
66 Harvey County
40.0
Low 7.12 / yr $704K
67 Jefferson County
39.6
Low 7.32 / yr $658K
68 Gray County
38.1
Low 4.76 / yr $383K
69 Atchison County
37.5
Low 6.96 / yr $577K
70 Stafford County
34.8
Low 6.11 / yr $352K
71 Lincoln County
34.3
Low 5.63 / yr $309K
72 Ness County
33.2
Low 5.10 / yr $311K
73 Stevens County
32.4
Low 3.83 / yr $207K
74 Woodson County
32.2
Low 5.14 / yr $217K
75 Nemaha County
32.0
Low 5.37 / yr $397K
76 Barber County
31.2
Low 4.90 / yr $339K
77 Elk County
29.0
Low 6.53 / yr $202K
78 Chase County
28.9
Low 6.55 / yr $315K
79 Wabaunsee County
28.5
Low 6.39 / yr $317K
80 Edwards County
28.4
Low 5.11 / yr $295K
81 Kiowa County
28.1
Low 4.89 / yr $270K
82 Brown County
27.4
Low 5.41 / yr $311K
83 Chautauqua County
27.0
Low 6.86 / yr $241K
84 Graham County
27.0
Low 4.46 / yr $251K
85 Meade County
25.1
Low 4.68 / yr $313K
86 Thomas County
24.4
Low 4.71 / yr $339K
87 Gove County
24.0
Low 4.54 / yr $311K
88 Comanche County
23.9
Low 4.51 / yr $187K
89 Trego County
23.2
Low 4.74 / yr $313K
90 Kearny County
23.1
Low 3.62 / yr $285K
91 Rush County
22.3
Low 5.25 / yr $315K
92 Grant County
21.5
Low 3.84 / yr $259K
93 Haskell County
21.1
Low 4.71 / yr $223K
94 Cheyenne County
20.8
Low 4.14 / yr $136K
95 Clark County
18.3
Low 4.56 / yr $183K
96 Doniphan County
17.8
Low 5.84 / yr $162K
97 Hodgeman County
17.7
Low 5.06 / yr $210K
98 Lane County
15.0
Very Low 4.83 / yr $175K
99 Wallace County
14.6
Very Low 3.90 / yr $122K
100 Wichita County
12.9
Very Low 4.15 / yr $117K
101 Rawlins County
12.8
Very Low 4.67 / yr $139K
102 Morton County
9.2
Very Low 2.75 / yr $88K
103 Greeley County
9.1
Very Low 3.43 / yr $92K
104 Stanton County
8.2
Very Low 3.08 / yr $60K
105 Hamilton County
7.7
Very Low 3.11 / yr $73K

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest strong wind risk?

Wyandotte County has the highest FEMA strong wind risk score in Kansas at 98.7 (Very High), with $6M in expected annual losses and about 6.91 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant strong wind risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable strong wind risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 8 of them are rated High or Very High.

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