Natural hazards · Cheyenne Wells

Cheyenne Wells, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cheyenne Wells comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cheyenne Wells?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cheyenne Wells to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought27%Inland flooding24%Cold waves22%Hail14%Tornadoes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Cheyenne Wells faces

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

Drought

27% of expected damage

Recorded about 84 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Cheyenne Wells flood?

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

Disasters that hit Cheyenne Wells

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Cheyenne WellsDeclared for Cheyenne County only

2006

Snow

$4K to the Town of Cheyenne Wells for repairs

Cheyenne County has had 7 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. Cheyenne Wells 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 Cheyenne Wells’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cheyenne Wells. 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.