Natural hazards · Star Valley

Star Valley, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Star Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Star Valley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Star Valley to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding54%Wildfire36%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Star Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

36% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsCold wavesDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Star Valley flood?

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

1paid claims since 2010

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Star 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: Gila County.

Disasters that hit Star Valley

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Star ValleyDeclared for Gila County only

Gila County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Star Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Star 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 Star Valley total about $2.9M 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.