Natural hazards · Calhan

Calhan, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Calhan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Calhan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Calhan to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding38%Wildfire33%Tornadoes12%Hail8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Calhan 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

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Wildfire

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Calhan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Calhan 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 Calhan

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CalhanDeclared for El Paso County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $955 aid approved

2006

Snow

$2K to the Town of Calhan for repairs

2003

Snow

$3K to the Town of Calhan for repairs

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

Calhan, CO natural hazards

How exposed is Calhan?

What Calhan faces

Inland flooding

Wildfire

Tornadoes

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Calhan flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Snow

Snow

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