48
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$121K
Property damage
Flood in Butler County, Kansas: 48 recorded events between 2007 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #257 nationally and #2 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flood in Butler County, Kansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flood in Butler County is the 2010s, when 28 of the county's 48 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Butler County archive, flood makes up 2.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #257 for this hazard and #2 within Kansas, putting it in the 91.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for flood in Butler County with 13 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2009 | EL DORADO | 0 | 1 | 0 | $10K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2025 | BENTON | 0 | $0 |
| May 5, 2022 | EL DORADO | 0 | $100 |
| May 4, 2022 | EL DORADO RES | 0 | $100 |
| May 13, 2020 | EL DORADO | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 3, 2019 | LATHAM | 0 | $100 |
| Jun 23, 2019 | ROSE HILL | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 18, 2019 | EL DORADO | 0 | $0 |
| May 7, 2019 | CASSODAY | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 9, 2018 | AUGUSTA | 0 | $100 |
| Oct 8, 2018 | ROSE HILL | 0 | $100 |
Other hazards here
More from Butler County
- Hail 888
- Thunderstorm Wind 662
- Tornado 90
- Flash Flood 86
- Heavy Rain 66
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Heavy rainfall caused ponding of water on North Main Street in El Dorado. This ponding of water caused a car to slide off the road into a rain swollen culvert. The heavy runoff carried the car 65 feet into a six by six culvert, where the driver became trapped and eventually drowned as water filled the car.
Continued runoff from very heavy rainfall during the afternoon, evening and overnight hours on the 26th prolonged flooding across the county into the early morning hours on the 29th, partly due to the moderate to major flooding along the swollen Walnut and Whitewater rivers and their associated tributaries. Several rural and some city roads around the county were closed due to high water. Unfortunately, property and crop damage estimates are unknown.
Very heavy rainfall in a short period of time caused some flooding across southwest Butler County from the early morning to early afternoon hours on the 28th. Water covered various roads in and around the Rose Hill area, and resulted in some road closures. Any potential damage estimates are unknown.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flood events are on record in Butler County, Kansas?
48 flood events are recorded in Butler County between 2007 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flood recorded in Butler County?
The strongest flood on record in Butler County measured 0.
Where does the flood data for Butler County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flood in Butler County, Kansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kansas/butler-county/flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.