Natural hazards · Mohave Valley

Mohave Valley, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mohave Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mohave Valley?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mohave Valley to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Mohave Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Mohave Valley flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Mohave Valley.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Mohave Valley 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 Mohave Valley

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mohave ValleyDeclared for Mohave County only

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

Around Mohave Valley

Mohave Valley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mohave Valleymostly inland floodingVery high

Willow Valleymostly inland floodingVery high

Mojave Ranch Estatesmostly inland floodingVery high

Arizona Villagemostly inland floodingVery high

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. Mohave Valley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mohave Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Mohave Valley. 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 Mohave Valley total about $4.0M 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.