Natural hazards · Burlington

Burlington, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burlington comes from cold waves, 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 Burlington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burlington to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves26%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes19%Hail14%Strong wind10%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Burlington faces

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

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Burlington flood?

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

Disasters that hit Burlington

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurlingtonDeclared for Kit Carson County only

Kit Carson County has had 5 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. Burlington 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 Burlington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Burlington. 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.