Natural hazards · Morenci

Morenci, AZ natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Morenci?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morenci to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and lightning.

Inland flooding56%Lightning21%Heat waves19%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Morenci faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Heat waves

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Morenci flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greenlee County.

Disasters that hit Morenci

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorenciDeclared for Greenlee County only

Greenlee County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Morenci is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.