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Disaster risk in Kansas City

Kansas City ranks T#55 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 59 — Fun. That puts it in the 60th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Missouri.

resilience score
59
Fun
National rank
T#55 of 134
In Missouri
#1 of 2
Percentile
60th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Kansas City sits 9 points above the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Kansas City

  1. #53 Lubbock, TX 61
  2. #54 Cincinnati, OH 60
  3. T#55 Kansas City, MO — this page 59
  4. #57 Corpus Christi, TX 58
  5. #58 Reno, NV 57

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Kansas City

Kansas City scores 65 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: