Mount Pleasant Township’s building-damage rate from tornadoes is in the top 4% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Mount Pleasant Township gets a C+ for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (64%), then tornadoes (16%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Mount Pleasant Township faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Ice storms
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Mount Pleasant Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 64% of the building damage FEMA expects in Mount Pleasant Township, and Mount Pleasant Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 57% of U.S. census tracts. Tornadoes add 16%, at a rate in the top 4% of U.S. census tracts.
C+ higher expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Mount Pleasant Township’s residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.2M a year in losses across Mount Pleasant Township: $586K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Mount Pleasant Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Mount Pleasant Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Mount Pleasant Township isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Labette County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Mount Pleasant Township
Disasters that paid out in Mount Pleasant Township itself (aid to households or repair grants to Mount Pleasant Township), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2015Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding$13K to Mount Pleasant Township for repairs
- 2009Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm$38K to Mount Pleasant Township for repairs
- 2005Severe Storms and Flooding$70K to Mount Pleasant Township for repairs
- 2005Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding$1K to Mount Pleasant Township for repairs
Labette County has had 11 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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Mount Pleasant Township has the lowest expected damage per building of the 1 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | C+more damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Fairview Township | — | 355 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Mound Valley Township | — | 727 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Canada Township | — | 76 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Elm Grove Township | — | 526 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Mount Pleasant Township faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Ice brings down trees and lines: plan for days without power.
- Run a generator outside, far from doors and windows.
- Keep sand or salt by the door.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Mount Pleasant Township
Is Mount Pleasant Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Mount Pleasant Township has higher expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns: C+ for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (64%) and tornadoes (16%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Mount Pleasant Township in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Labette County, 10% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.7% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Mount Pleasant Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Mount Pleasant Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Mount Pleasant Township?
By FEMA money that reached Mount Pleasant Township, Severe Storms and Flooding (2005): $70K to Mount Pleasant Township for repairs.
Is Mount Pleasant Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (64%), and Mount Pleasant Township’s rate for it is higher than 57% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Mount Pleasant Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Mount Pleasant Township’s residents lived in the 2020 census; OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.