Natural hazards · Goodyear

Goodyear, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goodyear comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Goodyear?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goodyear to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves48%Inland flooding44%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Goodyear faces

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

Heat waves

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Goodyear flood?

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

6paid claims since 1978

$214Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Maricopa County.

Disasters that hit Goodyear

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Goodyear itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Goodyear.

Brought FEMA money into GoodyearDeclared for Maricopa County only

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$286K to the City of Goodyear for repairs

Maricopa County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Goodyear

Goodyear and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Avondalemostly inland floodingHigh

Glendalemostly inland floodingHigh

Litchfield Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

Goodyearmostly heat wavesModerate

Buckeyemostly heat wavesModerate

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. Goodyear covers 24 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Goodyear’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Goodyear. 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 Goodyear total about $47.0M 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.