Editorial
Most disaster-prone counties in Kansas
Kansas has 1,883 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 105 counties. The dominant hazard type is severe storm. Barton County leads with 28 declarations, followed by Butler County and Pawnee County.
This ranking shows every county in Kansas ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.
Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.
Kansas ranking
All counties by FEMA declaration count
| # | County | Declarations | Top hazard | First year | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton County | 28 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 2 | Butler County | 28 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 3 | Pawnee County | 28 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 4 | Edwards County | 27 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 5 | Lyon County | 27 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 6 | Cowley County | 26 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 7 | Morris County | 26 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2025 |
| 8 | Sumner County | 26 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 9 | Wyandotte County | 26 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2025 |
| 10 | Cherokee County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2024 |
| 11 | Greenwood County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 12 | Harvey County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2024 |
| 13 | Rice County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 14 | Stafford County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 15 | Wabaunsee County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2024 |
| 16 | Woodson County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2025 |
| 17 | Osage County | 24 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 18 | Reno County | 24 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 19 | Crawford County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 20 | Hodgeman County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 21 | Leavenworth County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 22 | Chase County | 22 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 23 | Comanche County | 22 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 24 | Doniphan County | 22 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2024 |
| 25 | Franklin County | 22 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 26 | Marion County | 22 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2024 |
| 27 | Douglas County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 28 | Harper County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 29 | Kingman County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 30 | Neosho County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2024 |
| 31 | Rush County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 32 | Russell County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 33 | Elk County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1976 | 2025 |
| 34 | Kiowa County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 35 | Washington County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2023 |
| 36 | Atchison County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 37 | Barber County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 38 | Coffey County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 39 | Ellsworth County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2024 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 41 | Jefferson County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 42 | Linn County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2024 |
| 43 | McPherson County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2020 |
| 44 | Ness County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 45 | Phillips County | 19 | Severe Storm | 2004 | 2025 |
| 46 | Pottawatomie County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2024 |
| 47 | Pratt County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 48 | Rooks County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2025 |
| 49 | Anderson County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2024 |
| 50 | Bourbon County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2025 |
| 51 | Brown County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2022 |
| 52 | Marshall County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2022 |
| 53 | Osborne County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 54 | Sedgwick County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2020 |
| 55 | Clark County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2024 |
| 56 | Clay County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2022 |
| 57 | Jewell County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2025 |
| 58 | Ottawa County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 59 | Republic County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 60 | Riley County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2022 |
| 61 | Saline County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2025 |
| 62 | Shawnee County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2024 |
| 63 | Wilson County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1976 | 2024 |
| 64 | Chautauqua County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 65 | Cloud County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2024 |
| 66 | Dickinson County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2020 |
| 67 | Ford County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2024 |
| 68 | Graham County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2025 |
| 69 | Miami County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 70 | Nemaha County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 71 | Sheridan County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2025 |
| 72 | Smith County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2025 |
| 73 | Wallace County | 16 | Severe Storm | 2004 | 2025 |
| 74 | Ellis County | 15 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2025 |
| 75 | Geary County | 15 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2024 |
| 76 | Labette County | 15 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2020 |
| 77 | Lincoln County | 15 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 78 | Meade County | 15 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2024 |
| 79 | Montgomery County | 15 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2020 |
| 80 | Allen County | 14 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2024 |
| 81 | Gray County | 14 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 82 | Logan County | 14 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2025 |
| 83 | Haskell County | 13 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2022 |
| 84 | Mitchell County | 13 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 85 | Norton County | 13 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2025 |
| 86 | Trego County | 13 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2024 |
| 87 | Cheyenne County | 12 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2025 |
| 88 | Gove County | 12 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2025 |
| 89 | Johnson County | 12 | Severe Storm | 1969 | 2023 |
| 90 | Seward County | 12 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2020 |
| 91 | Stevens County | 12 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 92 | Thomas County | 12 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2024 |
| 93 | Decatur County | 11 | Severe Storm | 2004 | 2020 |
| 94 | Finney County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2024 |
| 95 | Hamilton County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2024 |
| 96 | Kearny County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2024 |
| 97 | Lane County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2022 |
| 98 | Stanton County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2025 |
| 99 | Greeley County | 10 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2025 |
| 100 | Rawlins County | 10 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2025 |
| 101 | Grant County | 9 | Severe Storm | 1965 | 2022 |
| 102 | Scott County | 9 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2025 |
| 103 | Sherman County | 9 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2025 |
| 104 | Morton County | 8 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2022 |
| 105 | Wichita County | 8 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2023 |