Tornado Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index tornado score

Tornado risk — violently rotating columns of air capable of catastrophic local damage — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Sedgwick County carries the state's highest tornado score at 99.3, with $53M in expected annual tornado losses.

8 Kansas counties are rated High or Very High for tornado, and expected annual losses from tornado total roughly $342M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Tornado

#CountyTornado ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Sedgwick County
99.3
Very High 1.02 / yr $53M
2 Johnson County
98.9
Very High 0.32 / yr $55M
3 Wyandotte County
96.9
High 0.11 / yr $15M
4 Shawnee County
95.9
High 0.43 / yr $14M
5 Reno County
93.3
High 1.46 / yr $10M
6 Douglas County
92.4
High 0.34 / yr $12M
7 Saline County
91.4
High 0.70 / yr $10M
8 Cowley County
91.0
High 1.01 / yr $7M
9 Butler County
90.2
Medium 1.23 / yr $9M
10 Crawford County
88.6
Medium 0.41 / yr $6M
11 Montgomery County
88.5
Medium 0.51 / yr $6M
12 Barton County
86.6
Medium 1.05 / yr $5M
13 Leavenworth County
86.5
Medium 0.36 / yr $8M
14 Riley County
84.3
Medium 0.54 / yr $7M
15 Labette County
83.6
Medium 0.52 / yr $3M
16 Geary County
81.3
Medium 0.34 / yr $6M
17 Sumner County
79.0
Medium 1.19 / yr $4M
18 Harvey County
78.7
Medium 0.53 / yr $6M
19 McPherson County
77.1
Medium 0.92 / yr $6M
20 Finney County
76.9
Medium 1.35 / yr $3M
21 Dickinson County
76.0
Medium 0.74 / yr $3M
22 Cherokee County
74.3
Medium 0.49 / yr $3M
23 Ford County
71.3
Medium 1.15 / yr $3M
24 Lyon County
69.7
Medium 0.64 / yr $3M
25 Marion County
69.1
Medium 0.81 / yr $3M
26 Seward County
69.0
Medium 0.53 / yr $2M
27 Pratt County
68.6
Medium 0.83 / yr $2M
28 Miami County
67.1
Medium 0.38 / yr $3M
29 Franklin County
66.6
Medium 0.39 / yr $3M
30 Kingman County
65.4
Medium 0.94 / yr $2M
31 Neosho County
64.6
Low 0.38 / yr $2M
32 Rice County
62.8
Low 0.85 / yr $2M
33 Harper County
62.7
Low 0.81 / yr $2M
34 Nemaha County
58.3
Low 0.58 / yr $2M
35 Ellis County
57.6
Low 0.98 / yr $2M
36 Pottawatomie County
57.5
Low 0.73 / yr $2M
37 Doniphan County
57.4
Low 0.30 / yr $2M
38 Osage County
57.0
Low 0.51 / yr $2M
39 Phillips County
56.5
Low 0.78 / yr $1M
40 Marshall County
56.0
Low 0.79 / yr $2M
41 Pawnee County
55.3
Low 0.96 / yr $2M
42 Brown County
55.0
Low 0.44 / yr $2M
43 Morris County
54.2
Low 0.55 / yr $1M
44 Wilson County
51.6
Low 0.39 / yr $2M
45 Ellsworth County
51.3
Low 0.78 / yr $2M
46 Atchison County
49.5
Low 0.34 / yr $2M
47 Jackson County
48.8
Low 0.52 / yr $1M
48 Coffey County
48.7
Low 0.45 / yr $891K
49 Cloud County
47.9
Low 0.65 / yr $1M
50 Norton County
47.8
Low 0.73 / yr $1M
51 Jefferson County
47.8
Low 0.43 / yr $2M
52 Russell County
46.0
Low 0.97 / yr $1M
53 Gray County
45.0
Low 0.88 / yr $1M
54 Chautauqua County
44.3
Low 0.56 / yr $960K
55 Clay County
44.2
Low 0.58 / yr $996K
56 Ottawa County
43.9
Low 0.69 / yr $1M
57 Bourbon County
43.7
Low 0.39 / yr $906K
58 Barber County
43.4
Low 1.12 / yr $1M
59 Washington County
41.2
Low 0.82 / yr $1M
60 Stevens County
41.0
Low 0.54 / yr $582K
61 Republic County
41.0
Low 0.68 / yr $930K
62 Anderson County
40.7
Low 0.38 / yr $668K
63 Mitchell County
40.1
Low 0.72 / yr $923K
64 Ness County
39.4
Low 1.25 / yr $790K
65 Smith County
39.2
Low 0.88 / yr $899K
66 Linn County
38.9
Low 0.38 / yr $963K
67 Stafford County
38.8
Low 0.94 / yr $818K
68 Jewell County
38.6
Low 0.91 / yr $720K
69 Scott County
38.5
Low 0.73 / yr $569K
70 Elk County
38.0
Low 0.51 / yr $552K
71 Rooks County
37.0
Low 0.87 / yr $1M
72 Thomas County
36.5
Low 0.97 / yr $1M
73 Lincoln County
36.3
Low 0.75 / yr $664K
74 Allen County
35.3
Low 0.31 / yr $868K
75 Cheyenne County
35.3
Low 0.90 / yr $491K
76 Wabaunsee County
33.4
Low 0.66 / yr $720K
77 Osborne County
33.3
Low 0.91 / yr $572K
78 Meade County
32.9
Low 0.89 / yr $795K
79 Sherman County
32.6
Low 0.98 / yr $717K
80 Kiowa County
32.4
Low 0.77 / yr $585K
81 Rush County
31.5
Low 0.85 / yr $852K
82 Chase County
30.7
Low 0.60 / yr $594K
83 Grant County
30.2
Low 0.49 / yr $686K
84 Comanche County
29.3
Low 0.74 / yr $414K
85 Trego County
29.0
Low 0.95 / yr $704K
86 Rawlins County
28.8
Low 0.85 / yr $638K
87 Decatur County
27.4
Low 0.69 / yr $470K
88 Woodson County
26.4
Low 0.33 / yr $275K
89 Logan County
26.4
Low 1.10 / yr $343K
90 Clark County
26.2
Low 0.89 / yr $453K
91 Haskell County
26.0
Very Low 0.53 / yr $456K
92 Hodgeman County
25.5
Very Low 1.04 / yr $519K
93 Edwards County
24.7
Very Low 0.72 / yr $386K
94 Graham County
24.6
Very Low 0.84 / yr $340K
95 Gove County
24.3
Very Low 1.06 / yr $479K
96 Greenwood County
23.6
Very Low 0.86 / yr $327K
97 Lane County
21.9
Very Low 0.76 / yr $395K
98 Kearny County
21.1
Very Low 0.81 / yr $346K
99 Morton County
20.1
Very Low 0.46 / yr $316K
100 Sheridan County
18.3
Very Low 0.79 / yr $323K
101 Wichita County
18.0
Very Low 0.72 / yr $227K
102 Stanton County
16.2
Very Low 0.53 / yr $163K
103 Wallace County
15.8
Very Low 0.92 / yr $159K
104 Hamilton County
14.4
Very Low 0.88 / yr $170K
105 Greeley County
13.8
Very Low 0.75 / yr $168K

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest tornado risk?

Sedgwick County has the highest FEMA tornado risk score in Kansas at 99.3 (Very High), with $53M in expected annual losses and about 1.02 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant tornado risk?

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

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