Natural hazards · Castle Pines

Castle Pines, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Castle Pines comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Castle Pines?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Castle Pines to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes17%Hail16%Wildfire9%Lightning8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Castle Pines faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Hail

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

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

Lightning

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Castle Pines flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit Castle Pines

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Castle PinesDeclared for Douglas County only

Douglas County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

Around Castle Pines

Castle Pines and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Castle Rockmostly inland floodingModerate

Castle Pinesmostly inland floodingLow

Castle Pines Villagemostly inland floodingLow

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. Castle Pines covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Castle Pines’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Castle Pines. 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 Castle Pines total about $3.1M 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.