Storm risk in Reno County, Kansas

FEMA's overall hazard score for Reno County is 80.15 (Relatively Low), 625th of 3,144 counties. Hail scores 94.27 (Relatively High), strong wind 96.63 (Relatively High) and tornado 93.26 (Relatively High). Expected hail loss is $104 per $1 million of buildings a year; NOAA logged 142 hail reports in Reno County from 2014 to June 2026.

FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026. NOAA hail reports 2014 to June 2026.

Reno County: expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings for hail, strong wind and tornado, on a log scale, against all U.S. counties and the counties of KS$0.1$1$10$100$1,000Hail: $104 per $1 million, 476th of 3,126 rated counties$104Hail476th of 3,126 countiesStrong wind: $113 per $1 million, 221st of 3,121 rated counties$113Strong wind221st of 3,121 countiesTornado: $655 per $1 million, 182nd of 3,144 rated counties$655Tornado182nd of 3,144 counties
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Expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings, log scale. Dot colour is FEMA’s rating band. The tornado lane counts everything exposed, not only buildings.

How FEMA rates Reno County

HazardRatingScore (0 to 100)Rank in U.S.Rank in KS
OverallRelatively Low 80.15625 of 3,1445 of 105
HailRelatively High 94.27181 of 3,12613 of 105
Strong windRelatively High 96.63107 of 3,1262 of 105
TornadoRelatively High 93.26213 of 3,1265 of 105

Expected yearly loss, in dollars

HazardThis county, total a yearPer $1M of buildingsState median countyU.S. median countyRank per $1M, U.S.Rank per $1M, state
Hail$1,589,342$104 $136$22 476 of 3,12664 of 105
Strong wind$1,730,046$113 $78$20 221 of 3,12122 of 105
Tornado$10,001,469$655 $416$199 182 of 3,14416 of 105

Rank 1 is the highest. Overall, hail and wind losses count buildings; the tornado row counts everything FEMA exposes, so it overstates building damage. Expected annual loss is an average over many years for the whole county, not a forecast for one roof.

What stands out in Reno County

  • FEMA expects hail in Reno County to cost $104 per $1 million of buildings a year: 4.66 times the U.S. median and 0.76 times the KS county median, ranked 476th of 3,126 counties nationally and 64th of 105 in Kansas.
  • FEMA expects strong wind in Reno County to cost $113 per $1 million of buildings a year: 5.56 times the U.S. median and 1.45 times the KS county median, ranked 221st of 3,121 counties nationally and 22nd of 105 in Kansas.
  • FEMA expects tornado in Reno County to cost $655 per $1 million of buildings a year: 3.29 times the U.S. median and 1.57 times the KS county median, ranked 182nd of 3,144 counties nationally and 16th of 105 in Kansas.
  • Applying FEMA's estimate to a $125,000 home, the average yearly loss in Reno County is about $13 for hail and $14 for wind before any deductible; at the U.S. median county rates it would be $2.79 and $2.55.
  • If the next years look like 2014 to 2025, a roof kept 20 years in Reno County meets about 65.0 hail days of 1 inch or more; the median county in NOAA's file (1,275 counties) would give 35.0.
  • Built in 1963, the median home in Reno County is 63 years old, so an original roof has outlived a 3-tab shingle (15 to 20 years) and an architectural one (25 to 30 years); 89.8% of its 28,309 homes are at least 26 years old.
  • March to June holds 111 of the 142 hail reports in Reno County (78 percent); the quietest month is January, with 0 reports.

What hail and wind cost a home here in an average year

Enter a home value. The calculator applies Reno County’s own loss rate: the county’s expected yearly loss divided by the value of its buildings. It starts at the Census median home value for the county.

$13hail, a year; $2.79 at the U.S. median county rate
$14strong wind, a year; $2.55 at the U.S. median county rate
$543hail and wind together over 20 years, at today’s rate

Formula: home value × Reno County yearly loss ÷ building value. Hail: $1,589,342 ÷ $15,274,770,034 = 0.0001041. Wind: $1,730,046 ÷ $15,274,770,034 = 0.0001133. This is FEMA’s estimate of average damage to buildings and does not account for your deductible. Tornado is left out because FEMA’s tornado loss counts people and other exposure, not only buildings.

Read this as a yardstick. The rate is an average over every building in the county, from sheds to office towers, and over many years. Real losses come in rare, large storms; a roof with no damage in 19 years can need full replacement in the 20th. The figure is not a quote and not a prediction for one address.

Reno County in plain numbers

  • Reno County scores 80.15 in FEMA's overall hazard index (Relatively Low): 625th of 3,144 rated counties and 5th of 105 in Kansas.
  • Hail scores 94.27 (Relatively High). FEMA expects $1,589,342 of hail damage to buildings in Reno County a year, which is $104 per $1 million of buildings, 4.66 times the U.S. median.
  • Strong wind scores 96.63 (Relatively High) with $1,730,046 of expected yearly building loss in Reno County: $113 per $1 million of buildings, 5.56 times the U.S. median.
  • Tornado scores 93.26 (Relatively High) and FEMA's expected yearly tornado loss is $10,001,469, counting everything exposed, or $655 per $1 million of buildings in Reno County.
  • FEMA's own event record for Reno County averages 11.38 hail events and 7.19 strong-wind events a year.
  • NOAA logged 142 hail reports in Reno County between 2014 and June 2026, on 44 days with stones of 1 inch or more; the largest was 2.75 inches.
  • In Reno County, FEMA counts buildings worth 15.27 billion dollars and 61,884 residents.
  • Social vulnerability is Relatively Low in Reno County.
  • Community resilience there is Relatively High, for 61,884 residents.
  • 1 city in Reno County is covered on this site: Hutchinson. 12 Census ZIP areas have more than half of their land in the county.
  • Our guide range for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Hutchinson is $6,160 to $13,640.
  • Reno County ranks 35 of the 194 counties with a page here for hail loss per $1 million of buildings, 6 for wind and 14 for tornado.
  • In Reno County, May is the busiest month with 51 of the 142 reports (36 percent), against 0 reports in November.
  • Reno County's worst year was 2019, with 7 hail days at 1 inch or more and 22 reports. At the 2014 to 2025 pace that is 3.25 such days a year, one about every 3.7 months.
  • The median home in Reno County was built in 1963; 73.1% of its 28,309 housing units date from before 1980, 89.8% from before 2000 and 3.4% from 2010 on.
  • Census puts the median home value in Reno County at $125,000, and 69.2% of homes are lived in by their owners.
  • 467 single-family building permits were issued in Reno County from 2014 to 2025, about 16.5 per 1,000 homes, peaking in 2019.
  • NOAA lists 12 tornado tracks in Reno County since 2014; the strongest was an EF3 on May 18, 2025 near Turon, 21.5 miles long.
  • The fastest gust in NOAA's records for Reno County is 91 mph on May 19, 2025 at Partridge.
  • The nearest county with a page here is Sedgwick County, 38 miles from the centre of Reno County; its hail score is 99.01.
  • Across counties the median is one roofing firm for every 5,189 homes; Census counted 10 roofing contractor establishments in Reno County in 2023, one for every 2,831 homes.
  • FEMA has named Reno County in 7 disaster declarations since 2014, the latest 420 days before its data end, and 5 of them were storm-type.

The hail record of Reno County, year by year

NOAA logged 142 reports in Reno County; hail of 1 inch or more fell on 44 days. That is 3.2 such days a year; the median county in NOAA’s file has 1.8.

Reno County: NOAA hail reports per year, 2014 to June 2026, with the number of days that had hail of 1 inch or more0510152025302014: 20 reports, 7 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch142015: 26 reports, 6 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2.75 inch152016: 11 reports, 4 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2.5 inch162017: 5 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2 inch172018: 22 reports, 4 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2.5 inch182019: 22 reports, 7 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2.75 inch192020: 2 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch202021: 2 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0.75 inch212022: 4 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch222023: 4 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2 inch232024: 6 reports, 3 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch242025: 5 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2.5 inch252026: 13 reports, 5 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch26*
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Reno County: NOAA hail reports by calendar month, 2014 to June 2026January: 0 reports0JanFebruary: 0 reports0FebMarch: 2 reports2MarApril: 33 reports33AprMay: 51 reports51MayJune: 25 reports25JunJuly: 21 reports21JulAugust: 3 reports3AugSeptember: 3 reports3SepOctober: 3 reports3OctNovember: 0 reports0NovDecember: 1 reports1Dec

Reports by calendar month, all years together. Peak: May, 51 reports.

The same numbers as a table (years with at least one report)
YearReportsDays, 1 inch or moreDays, 1.75 inch or moreLargest stoneDamage reported
201420721.75 in–
201526632.75 in$5,000
201611422.5 in–
20175212 in–
201822422.5 in–
201922752.75 in–
20202101 in–
20212000.75 in–
20224211.75 in–
20234112 in–
20246311.75 in–
20255212.5 in–
2026 (to June)13521.75 in–

Biggest hail days in Reno County

DateLargest stoneReports that dayDamage reportedNear
July 13, 20152.75 in11none recordedWillowbrook
June 22, 20192.75 in3none recorded(Hut)Hutchinson Muni
May 2, 20182.5 in8none recordedNickerson
April 22, 20252.5 in4none recordedPretty Prairie
July 28, 20162.5 in3none recordedLangdon

Where large hail was reported

FEMA scores the county as a whole. NOAA’s reports show where inside Reno County the big stones fell.

Reported hail locations, Reno County

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  • 341.75 to 2.74 in, golf ball to tennis ball
  • 22.75 in and up, baseball

Largest plotted stone: 2.75 in. Bigger dots are bigger stones.

111 reports of 1 inch or larger have coordinates. Each dot is a reported location, not a storm path.

Sources: NOAA, Census county outline

Wind and tornado records for Reno County

Fastest gusts in Reno County

DateGustNear
May 19, 202591 mphPartridge
June 17, 202589 mph(Hut)Hutchinson Muni
May 19, 202486 mph(Hut)Hutchinson Muni
May 19, 202485 mphHaven

Strongest tornado tracks in Reno County

DateScaleLengthInjured / killedNear
May 18, 2025EF321.5 mi0 / 0Turon
July 13, 2015EF33.7 mi0 / 0Nickerson
May 5, 2019EF10.4 mi0 / 0Nickerson
May 5, 2019EF10.14 mi0 / 0Nickerson

12 tornado tracks in all since 2014; the strongest 4 are listed.

How old the roofs are

Census counts homes by the decade they were built. Under each bar is the number of hail days of 1 inch or more that an original roof from that decade has met, at Reno County’s 2014 to 2025 pace of 3.25 such days a year. Most roofs have been replaced since; the row shows what a roof that never was would have taken.

Reno County: share of homes by decade built, with the hail days at 1 inch or more that an original roof from each decade has met at the county's 2014 to 2025 ratepre-1940: 24.4% of homes24.4%<19402961940s: 6.8% of homes6.8%1940s2631950s: 15.2% of homes15.2%1950s2311960s: 11.9% of homes11.9%1960s1981970s: 14.7% of homes14.7%1970s1661980s: 8.7% of homes8.7%1980s1331990s: 7.9% of homes7.9%1990s1012000s: 6.8% of homes6.8%2000s682010s: 3.2% of homes3.2%2010s362020+: 0.2% of homes0.2%2020+10

Bars: share of 28,309 housing units by decade built. Figures under the decade: hail days met by an original roof, at the county’s 2014 to 2025 pace. The pace of earlier years is unknown.

Median year built1963
Built before 198073.1%
Built before 200089.8%
Built since 20103.4%
Owner-occupied69.2%
Median home value$125,000
Single-family permits, 2014 to 2025467
Permits per 1,000 homes16.5

Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) and 25 to 30 years (architectural). Source: Census ACS 2019 to 2023 and Building Permits Survey.

Roofers and past disasters in Reno County

Roofing firms in Reno County

Roofing contractor establishments, 202310
Change since 2016-3 (-23%)
Homes per roofing firm2,831
Median across counties5,189
Employees, 202357

Source for Reno County: Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 238160.

FEMA disaster declarations naming Reno County since 2014

Declarations naming Reno County7
Storm / flood / winter / fire5 / 0 / 0 / 2
Median KS county4
Rank among 100 KS counties23
Days from the latest to the data cutoff420

Source for Reno County: OpenFEMA, data to 2026-09-15. Declaration list for Reno County.

Nearby counties

The closest counties that have a risk page, by distance between county centres. Loss is per $1 million of buildings; the columns marked "times here" divide the neighbour's loss by Reno County's.

CountyMilesOverallHail lossHail, times hereWind lossWind, times hereNOAA hail reports
Sedgwick County, KS38 Relatively High $940.91$9.040.08382
Saline County, KS62 Relatively Low $890.85$240.21133
Riley County, KS121 Relatively Low $180.17$390.3595
Shawnee County, KS146 Relatively Moderate $290.28$180.16143
Douglas County, KS166 Relatively Low $930.90$420.3759

All 194 counties, with a filter by state and sorting

Cities and ZIP areas in Reno County

1 city in this county is on PickARoofer. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are Census shapes that approximate ZIP codes; where we have a city’s ZIPs, the share is the part of each area’s land that lies in this county. 12 such areas have more than half their land here.

CityZIP areas (share of land in the county)Pages
Hutchinson 67501 (100%), 67502 (99%) Roofers

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Questions

How high is storm risk in Reno County?

FEMA's National Risk Index gives Reno County an overall score of 80.15 (Relatively Low), 625th of 3,144. Hail scores 94.27 (Relatively High), strong wind 96.63 (Relatively High) and tornado 93.26 (Relatively High).

In Reno County, how many hail reports has NOAA logged?

A report is one entry for one storm in one county, so counts follow where people live as well as where hail fell. NOAA has 142 for Reno County between 2014 and June 2026, on 44 days with hail of 1 inch or more; the largest stone was 2.75 inches.

What do hail and wind cost a home in Reno County each year, on average?

Applying FEMA's county rates to its median home value of $125,000: FEMA's estimate is about $13 a year for hail and $14 for wind, before any deductible, against $2.79 and $2.55 at the U.S. median county rates. This is an average over many years and all buildings, not a prediction for one roof; one bad storm costs far more than the average year.

How does Reno County compare with the rest of Kansas?

Per $1 million of buildings Reno County loses $104 to hail a year, against $136 in the median county of the state. Among 105 rated counties it is 13th for hail, 2nd for strong wind and 5th for tornado.

How old are the roofs in Reno County?

The median home was built in 1963, 63 years ago, and 89.8% of the 28,309 housing units in Reno County date from before 2000. Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) or 25 to 30 years (architectural), so an original roof of either kind is past its rated life. The Census does not record when a roof was replaced.

What does expected annual loss mean?

It is FEMA's estimate of the average yearly loss from a hazard, in dollars, summed over the county. It is built for comparing counties at planning level, not for pricing one house.

Does a high rating mean my roof will be damaged?

No. The index compares counties and cannot say what will happen on your street. After a storm, a roof inspection is the only way to know.

Sources for Reno County: FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026; NOAA Storm Events Database hail reports for Reno County; Census Bureau ZCTA-to-county relationship file (2020); Census ACS and Building Permits Survey, homes in Reno County; Census County Business Patterns, roofing firms in Reno County; OpenFEMA, declarations naming Reno County. Planning-level information about Reno County, not an inspection and not insurance advice.

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