Natural hazards · Ault

Ault, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ault comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1987. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ault?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ault to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding38%Hail22%Cold waves18%Tornadoes12%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Ault faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Ault flood?

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

2paid claims since 1987

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19872026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Weld County.

Disasters that hit Ault

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AultDeclared for Weld County only

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid

Weld County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe 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. Ault covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ault’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ault. 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 Ault total about $2.5M 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.