Natural hazards · Air Force Academy

Air Force Academy, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Air Force Academy comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Air Force Academy?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Air Force Academy to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires.

Wildfire59%Avalanches13%Inland flooding12%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Air Force Academy faces

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

Wildfire

59% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 53 years in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Air Force Academy flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Air Force Academy.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: El Paso County.

Disasters that hit Air Force Academy

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for El Paso County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Air Force Academy itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Air Force AcademyDeclared for El Paso County only

El Paso County has had 16 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. Air Force Academy covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Air Force Academy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Air Force Academy. 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 Air Force Academy total about $3.5M 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.