Natural hazards · Breckenridge

Breckenridge, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Breckenridge comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1994. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Breckenridge?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Breckenridge to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches.

Avalanches91%Inland flooding7%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Breckenridge faces

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

Avalanches

91% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesDroughtTsunamis

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 Breckenridge flood?

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

1paid claims since 1994

$28Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Summit County.

Disasters that hit Breckenridge

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BreckenridgeDeclared for Summit County only

2003

Snow

$19K to the Town of Breckenridge for repairs

Summit County has had 4 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. Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Breckenridge. 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.