Natural hazards · Tolleson

Tolleson, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tolleson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 62 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 Tolleson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tolleson to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding58%Heat waves36%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Tolleson faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Heat waves

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 23 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 Tolleson flood?

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

62paid claims since 1978

$528Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Tolleson 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 Tolleson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TollesonDeclared for Maricopa County only

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the City of Tolleson for repairs

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

Around Tolleson

Tolleson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Avondalemostly inland floodingHigh

Phoenixmostly heat wavesModerate

Tollesonmostly 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. Tolleson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tolleson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tolleson. 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 Tolleson total about $4.4M 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.