Natural hazards · Wittmann

Wittmann, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wittmann comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wittmann?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wittmann to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves41%Inland flooding39%Wildfire17%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Wittmann faces

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

Heat waves

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Wildfire

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Wittmann flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wittmann 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 Wittmann

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WittmannDeclared for Maricopa County only

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

Around Wittmann

Wittmann and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wittmannmostly heat wavesHigh

Surprisemostly inland floodingModerate

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