71
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.2M
Property damage
Flash Flood in Bourbon County, Kansas: 71 recorded events between 1996 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #328 nationally and #7 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Bourbon County, Kansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Bourbon County is the 2000s, when 28 of the county's 71 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 Bourbon County archive, flash flood makes up 15.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #328 for this hazard and #7 within Kansas, putting it in the 89.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for flash flood in Bourbon County with 14 recorded events, while Feb 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2025 | FT SCOTT | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 28, 2024 | FT SCOTT | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | FULTON | 0 | $0 |
| May 22, 2020 | PORTERVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 22, 2019 | FT SCOTT | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 16, 2019 | FT SCOTT | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 30, 2018 | DEVON | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 17, 2018 | FT SCOTT | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 22, 2017 | DEVON | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 22, 2017 | HARDING | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Bourbon County
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- Thunderstorm Wind 162
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Heavy rainfall, from training thunderstorms, produced flash flooding near the town of Fulton. The Emergency Manager reported that Yellowstone Road suffered severe damage due to swiftly flowing flood waters. Rainfall estimates from the training storms were around 3 to 4 inches.
Thunderstorms that created rainfall amounts on the order of five inches countywide produced widespread flooding in many locations throughout the county. Most low water crossings became impassable along with several county roads experiencing impassable flooding. The Marmaton and Little Osage Rivers flooded out of their banks in several spots.
Several areas of Bourbon County flooded as three to four inches of rain fell during the morning hours. A few specific locations that flooded include a section of County Road 195 near its intersection with Highway 31, a section of County Road 165 west of Fulton, a low water crossing near the intersection of County Road 205 and Poplar Road, the intersection of County Road 65 and Yale Road, and the intersection of County Road 85 and Maple.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Bourbon County, Kansas?
71 flash flood events are recorded in Bourbon County between 1996 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Bourbon County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Bourbon County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Bourbon 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
“Flash Flood in Bourbon County, Kansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kansas/bourbon-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.