FEMA relative scores

Winter Weather Risk Rankings

The highest relative winter weather scores among FEMA county-equivalent areas represented in the city directory.

One FEMA area can contain several covered cities. Each area appears once below, with links to its city pages. The score is a relative comparison measure, not the annual chance of a winter weather.

  1. #1

    Johnson County, KS

    OlatheOverland Park
    Very High

    100.0

    relative score

  2. #2

    City of St. Louis, MO

    St. Louis
    Very High

    100.0

    relative score

  3. #3

    Potter County, TX

    Amarillo
    Very High

    99.9

    relative score

  4. #4

    Tulsa County, OK

    Broken ArrowTulsa
    Very High

    99.9

    relative score

  5. #5
    Very High

    99.9

    relative score

  6. #6

    Washington County, AR

    FayettevilleSpringdale
    Very High

    99.8

    relative score

  7. #7

    Pulaski County, AR

    Little Rock
    Very High

    99.7

    relative score

  8. #8

    Wyandotte County, KS

    Kansas City
    Very High

    99.7

    relative score

  9. #9

    Lubbock County, TX

    Lubbock
    Very High

    99.7

    relative score

  10. #10

    Cook County, IL

    ChicagoCicero
    Very High

    99.7

    relative score

  11. #11

    Lancaster County, NE

    Lincoln
    Very High

    99.6

    relative score

  12. #12

    Minnehaha County, SD

    Sioux Falls
    Very High

    99.6

    relative score

  13. #13

    Smith County, TX

    Tyler
    Very High

    99.5

    relative score

  14. #14

    Guilford County, NC

    GreensboroHigh Point
    Very High

    99.5

    relative score

  15. #15

    El Paso County, TX

    El Paso
    Very High

    99.5

    relative score

  16. #16

    Sebastian County, AR

    Fort Smith
    Very High

    99.4

    relative score

  17. #17

    Williamson County, TX

    Round Rock
    Very High

    99.4

    relative score

  18. #18

    Cache County, UT

    Logan
    Very High

    99.2

    relative score

  19. #19

    Midland County, TX

    Midland
    Very High

    99.1

    relative score

  20. #20

    Black Hawk County, IA

    Waterloo
    Very High

    99.0

    relative score

  21. #21

    Dane County, WI

    Madison
    Very High

    98.9

    relative score

  22. #22

    Gregg County, TX

    Longview
    Very High

    98.9

    relative score

  23. #23

    Ector County, TX

    Odessa
    Very High

    98.8

    relative score

  24. #24

    Shawnee County, KS

    Topeka
    Very High

    98.8

    relative score

  25. #25

    Fort Bend County, TX

    Sugar Land
    Very High

    98.7

    relative score

Other hazard rankings

AvalancheCoastal FloodingCold WaveDroughtEarthquakeHailHeat WaveHurricaneIce StormLandslideLightningRiverine FloodingStrong WindTornadoTsunamiVolcanic ActivityWildfire

Source: FEMA National Risk Index v1.19.0, released March 2023. Hazard figures cover FEMA county-equivalent areas.

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