Natural hazards · Fort Mohave

Fort Mohave, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fort Mohave comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2009.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Fort Mohave?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fort Mohave to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Heat waves15%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Fort Mohave faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Fort Mohave flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Fort Mohave, from FEMA’s records.

4paid claims since 2009

$149Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fort Mohave isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Mohave County.

Disasters that hit Fort Mohave

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Mohave County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fort Mohave itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Fort MohaveDeclared for Mohave County only

Mohave County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

Around Fort Mohave

Fort Mohave and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mesquite Creekmostly inland floodingVery high

Bullhead Citymostly inland floodingHigh

Fort Mohavemostly inland floodingLow

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Fort Mohave covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fort Mohave’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fort Mohave. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Fort Mohave total about $4.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.