Natural hazards · Acres Green

Acres Green, CO natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Acres Green?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Acres Green to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes21%Hail18%Lightning10%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Acres Green faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Hail

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lightning

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesVolcanic 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 Acres Green flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit Acres Green

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Acres GreenDeclared for Douglas County only

Douglas County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

Around Acres Green

Acres Green and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Highlands Ranchmostly inland floodingLow

Lone Treemostly inland floodingVery low

Acres Greenmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Acres Green covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Acres Green’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Acres Green. 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 Acres Green total about $704K 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.