Kinta High School · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Kinta
Kinta isn’t graded for hazard risk: Kinta has 295 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1990.
What Kinta 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
Wildfire
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.
Does Kinta flood? Rarely: 3 flood claims since 1990
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Kinta, from FEMA’s records.
- The Early winter storms1 claim · $99K
Kinta isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Haskell County.The storms Kinta remembers
None of the 27 disasters declared for Haskell County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Kinta itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 19901 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, declared for Haskell County
- 20111 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Storms and Flooding, declared for Haskell County
- 20151 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, declared for Haskell County
Haskell County has had 27 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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Add to the Kinta archive →Get ready for what Kinta 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.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Kinta
Does Kinta flood?
Flood insurance has paid 3 claims in Kinta since 1990, $132K in all. The most claims came from Early winter storms (1).
Is Kinta 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 Haskell County, 0.0% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Kinta?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Kinta’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 Kinta?
By flood claims, Early winter storms: 1 paid, $99K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Kinta.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Kinta’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.