Natural hazards · Winslow

Winslow, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winslow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 47 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 Winslow?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winslow to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Lightning11%Wildfire6%Earthquakes6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Winslow faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

11% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Winslow flood?

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

47paid claims since 1978

$529Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Navajo County.

Disasters that hit Winslow

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinslowDeclared for Navajo County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$56K to the City of Winslow for repairs

Navajo County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Winslow 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 Winslow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Winslow. 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.