Natural hazards · Arapahoe

Arapahoe, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arapahoe comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arapahoe?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arapahoe to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought27%Inland flooding24%Cold waves22%Hail14%Tornadoes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Arapahoe faces

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

Drought

27% of expected damage

Recorded about 84 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arapahoe flood?

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

Disasters that hit Arapahoe

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArapahoeDeclared for Cheyenne County only

Cheyenne County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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