Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Tornado
$205.8M
Cold Wave
$185.7M
Heat Wave
$104.1M
Strong Wind
$40.0M
Ice Storm
$28.5M
County Rankings
Counties in Kansas ranked by risk. Click column headers to sort. Click a county to see its departments.
NRI Rating is from FEMA's National Risk Index, which measures community risk across 18 natural hazards using expected annual losses, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Life-Safety Loss uses FEMA's Value of Statistical Life ($13.7M per expected fatality) to estimate annual risk to human life.
Department and station counts are derived from boundaries self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.
| County ▲ | Population ▲ | Departments ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick County | 528,226 | 11 | $115.8M | Relatively High |
| Johnson County | 620,631 | 10 | $110.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Wyandotte County | 167,654 | 5 | $34.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Shawnee County | 178,025 | 10 | $26.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Douglas County | 120,302 | 5 | $18.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Reno County | 61,553 | 4 | $16.4M | Relatively High |
| Butler County | 68,287 | 14 | $16.1M | Relatively High |
| Leavenworth County | 83,123 | 16 | $15.9M | Relatively High |
| Saline County | 53,668 | 8 | $15.3M | Relatively High |
| Montgomery County | 30,940 | 5 | $13.2M | Relatively High |
| Cowley County | 34,411 | 6 | $12.8M | Relatively High |
| Riley County | 71,946 | 7 | $10.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| McPherson County | 30,205 | 11 | $9.5M | Relatively High |
| Harvey County | 33,756 | 6 | $8.9M | Relatively High |
| Pratt County | 9,127 | 5 | $8.4M | Very High |
| Crawford County | 39,008 | 12 | $8.1M | Relatively High |
| Geary County | 35,815 | 6 | $8.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Miami County | 34,938 | 5 | $7.2M | Relatively High |
| Barton County | 25,097 | 8 | $7.2M | Relatively High |
| Lyon County | 32,186 | 2 | $6.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Dickinson County | 18,445 | 11 | $6.7M | Relatively High |
| Sumner County | 22,353 | 13 | $6.7M | Very High |
| Labette County | 19,869 | 10 | $6.6M | Relatively High |
| Barber County | 4,069 | 6 | $6.3M | Very High |
| Finney County | 38,084 | 3 | $5.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Pottawatomie County | 26,204 | 10 | $5.1M | Relatively High |
| Osage County | 15,744 | 9 | $5.1M | Relatively High |
| Franklin County | 26,106 | 8 | $5.0M | Relatively High |
| Ellis County | 28,920 | 4 | $4.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Marion County | 11,754 | 10 | $4.5M | Very High |
| Kingman County | 7,186 | 5 | $4.5M | Very High |
| Cherokee County | 19,151 | 7 | $4.0M | Very High |
| Jefferson County | 18,349 | 12 | $4.0M | Very High |
| Ford County | 34,074 | 1 | $3.9M | Relatively High |
| Rice County | 9,350 | 6 | $3.9M | Very High |
| Neosho County | 15,656 | 6 | $3.7M | Relatively High |
| Harper County | 5,400 | 4 | $3.4M | Very High |
| Seward County | 21,486 | 2 | $3.1M | Relatively High |
| Pawnee County | 6,144 | 5 | $3.0M | Very High |
| Atchison County | 16,208 | 9 | $2.9M | Relatively High |
| Morris County | 5,340 | 6 | $2.9M | Very High |
| Wilson County | 8,505 | 4 | $2.7M | Relatively High |
| Coffey County | 8,308 | 1 | $2.6M | Very High |
| Sherman County | 5,858 | 3 | $2.5M | Very High |
| Jackson County | 13,341 | 8 | $2.5M | Very High |
| Bourbon County | 14,394 | 5 | $2.4M | Relatively High |
| Allen County | 12,483 | 4 | $2.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Stafford County | 3,978 | 3 | $2.3M | Very High |
| Ellsworth County | 6,360 | 8 | $2.3M | Very High |
| Ottawa County | 5,819 | 11 | $2.1M | Very High |
| Russell County | 6,679 | 6 | $2.0M | Very High |
| Cloud County | 8,898 | 5 | $2.0M | Relatively High |
| Brown County | 9,343 | 8 | $1.9M | Relatively High |
| Nemaha County | 10,160 | 10 | $1.9M | Very High |
| Marshall County | 9,993 | 10 | $1.8M | Relatively High |
| Kiowa County | 2,422 | 2 | $1.7M | Very High |
| Doniphan County | 7,503 | 2 | $1.7M | Relatively High |
| Anderson County | 7,834 | 4 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Clay County | 8,048 | 5 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Greenwood County | 5,919 | 3 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Republic County | 4,646 | 7 | $1.6M | Relatively High |
| Edwards County | 2,779 | 4 | $1.5M | Very High |
| Linn County | 9,767 | 4 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Mitchell County | 5,779 | 7 | $1.4M | Very High |
| Gray County | 5,701 | 2 | $1.4M | Very High |
| Wabaunsee County | 7,009 | 8 | $1.4M | Very High |
| Thomas County | 7,885 | 5 | $1.4M | Very High |
| Scott County | 5,027 | 2 | $1.3M | Very High |
| Comanche County | 1,729 | 0 | $1.3M | Very High |
| Chase County | 2,561 | 1 | $1.2M | Very High |
| Chautauqua County | 3,370 | 2 | $1.2M | Very High |
| Washington County | 5,533 | 9 | $1.2M | Very High |
| Norton County | 5,359 | 3 | $1.1M | Very High |
| Rush County | 2,947 | 5 | $1.1M | Very High |
| Grant County | 7,229 | 3 | $1.1M | Relatively High |
| Meade County | 3,903 | 3 | $1.0M | Very High |
| Phillips County | 4,813 | 4 | $996.4K | Very High |
| Rooks County | 4,813 | 6 | $979.0K | Very High |
| Logan County | 2,707 | 2 | $874.1K | Very High |
| Ness County | 2,653 | 4 | $818.8K | Very High |
| Clark County | 1,974 | 2 | $813.8K | Very High |
| Lincoln County | 2,923 | 6 | $792.3K | Very High |
| Stevens County | 5,162 | 1 | $775.7K | Very High |
| Smith County | 3,552 | 6 | $766.0K | Relatively High |
| Elk County | 2,453 | 6 | $755.9K | Very High |
| Osborne County | 3,452 | 7 | $715.4K | Very High |
| Woodson County | 3,109 | 3 | $667.6K | Relatively Moderate |
| Trego County | 2,777 | 2 | $654.3K | Very High |
| Haskell County | 3,641 | 2 | $640.9K | Very High |
| Kearny County | 3,864 | 1 | $615.8K | Very High |
| Jewell County | 2,916 | 5 | $601.9K | Very High |
| Hodgeman County | 1,652 | 1 | $593.3K | Very High |
| Gove County | 2,799 | 4 | $546.0K | Very High |
| Rawlins County | 2,516 | 3 | $536.0K | Very High |
| Decatur County | 2,726 | 2 | $534.0K | Very High |
| Cheyenne County | 2,628 | 2 | $481.3K | Very High |
| Graham County | 2,389 | 1 | $455.1K | Very High |
| Sheridan County | 2,426 | 3 | $444.7K | Very High |
| Morton County | 2,611 | 1 | $416.0K | Very High |
| Lane County | 1,461 | 0 | $381.7K | Very High |
| Wichita County | 2,091 | 5 | $367.8K | Very High |
| Stanton County | 2,038 | 1 | $363.5K | Very High |
| Hamilton County | 2,471 | 3 | $325.0K | Very High |
| Wallace County | 1,417 | 2 | $214.4K | Relatively High |
| Greeley County | 1,304 | 2 | $172.6K | Relatively High |
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Risk Snapshot
11.3%
Poverty Rate
17.0%
Age 65+
13.5%
Disability Rate
8.8%
Uninsured
55.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.0%
Mobile Homes
9.2%
Vacancy Rate
1.2%
Wood Heat
$82,098
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
638
Last 10 Years
1535
Last 25 Years
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