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Floods in Kansas

Property owners in Kansas have filed 7,806 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $116 million paid.

  • 7,806flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $116Mpaid on those claims
  • 1993most claims in one year, 1,148
  • 32ndamong the states for claims
2026
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Kansas per year 1978: 31 1979: 337 1980: 38 1981: 534 1982: 270 1983: 181 1984: 221 1985: 138 1986: 208 1987: 115 1988: 12 1989: 89 1990: 76 1991: 17 1992: 84 1993: 1,148 1,148 1994: 104 1995: 216 1996: 110 1997: 110 1998: 663 1999: 134 2000: 13 2001: 50 2002: 22 2003: 73 2004: 84 2005: 204 2006: 5 2007: 646 2008: 164 2009: 149 2010: 115 2011: 128 2012: 42 2013: 111 2014: 29 2015: 122 2016: 163 2017: 162 2018: 91 2019: 305 2020: 43 2021: 28 2022: 17 2023: 7 2024: 35 2025: 111 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Aug 30, 2003Flash FloodChase6$250,000
Apr 25, 2009FloodBarton, Butler, Chase3$8.0 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Kansas
Johnson County1,155
Sedgwick County990
Barton County513
Butler County507
Wyandotte County434
Riley County406
Harvey County403
Shawnee County368
Montgomery County311
Saline County240
Sumner County211
Leavenworth County208
Douglas County150
Crawford County149
Cowley County142
Reno County108
Labette County100
Neosho County100
Ellis County97
Doniphan County95
Allen County91
Dickinson County86
Cherokee County86
Pottawatomie County72
Wilson County72
Bourbon County64
Lyon County64
Ford County55
Jefferson County49
Seward County39
Ottawa County39
McPherson County37
Geary County31
Chase County29
Franklin County28
Marshall County27
Miami County27
Rice County26
Marion County18
Mitchell County16
Osage County14
Finney County13
Pratt County12
Edwards County10
Kingman County9
Republic County9
Wabaunsee County8
Osborne County8
Rush County7
Pawnee County7
Ellsworth County7
Greenwood County6
Coffey County5
Clay County5
Nemaha County4
Sheridan County4
Anderson County4
Jackson County4
Atchison County3
Thomas County3
Barber County3
Lincoln County2
Washington County2
Meade County2
Cloud County2
Ness County2
Brown County1
Kearny County1
Grant County1
Elk County1
Jewell County1
Chautauqua County1
Harper County1
Linn County1

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).