2 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Hodgeman County, Kansas. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
Flash flooding and general flooding from thunderstorms dominate the flood risk in Hodgeman County, Kansas. Over the past 30 years, NOAA records document 11 standard flood events and 5 flash flood events across the area.
These flood events are primarily driven by severe weather systems interacting with unstable airmasses, shortwave troughs, and frontal boundaries. For example, a stalled front and a passing mesoscale convective system combined to produce flash flooding on July 27, 2018. Additionally, shortwave troughs initiating thunderstorms across neighboring regions led to general flooding events on May 27, 2015, and May 25, 2019.
Real estate agents, journalists, and homeowners looking up property risk in the county should pay the closest attention to properties located near storm-drainage paths, low-lying areas, and locations vulnerable to intense seasonal downpours associated with these regional thunderstorm patterns.
Summary written from NOAA storm reports and NFIP claims for this county. Not a prediction.
23 federal disaster declarations since 1973, 2 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, And Wildfires | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding | May 19, 2024 |
| Severe Winter Storm | Jan 8, 2024 |
| Severe Winter Storms And Straight-line Winds | Mar 17, 2022 |
| Severe Storms And Straight Line Winds | Dec 15, 2021 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding,landslides,and Mudslides | Apr 28, 2019 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
16 since 1996: 5 flash floods and 11 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | May 25, 2019 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jul 27, 2018 | — |
| Flood | Jul 2, 2016 | — |
| Flash Flood | May 27, 2015 | $3.0M |
| Flash Flood | Aug 4, 2013 | — |
| Flood | Jun 13, 2010 | — |
| Flood | May 6, 2008 | $12,000 |
| Flood | Aug 21, 2006 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flood · May 25, 2019. A s/wv trough initiated thunderstorms across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and this activity spread northeast across the area.
Flash Flood · Jul 27, 2018. An MCS rolled across the area after it initiated across northeast Colorado. There was also a stalled front across the southern portion of the area that became the focus for additional thunderstorms.
Flood · Jul 2, 2016. Thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a slow moving cool front that was approaching an unstable airmass. A few of the storms became severe.
Flash Flood · May 27, 2015. Thunderstorms developed in a very unstable atmosphere aided by a short wave trough and residual outflow boundaries.
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Hodgeman County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.