Natural hazards · Dacono

Dacono, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dacono comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2013. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dacono?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dacono to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves24%Tornadoes17%Hail9%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Dacono faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDroughtVolcanic 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 Dacono flood?

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

3paid claims since 2013

$133Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

Biggest named events

Late summer storms: 2 claims, $125K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Weld County.

Disasters that hit Dacono

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DaconoDeclared for Weld County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

49 households applied for aid $70K aid approved $99K to the City of Dacono for repairs

Weld County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Dacono

Dacono and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fort Luptonmostly inland floodingModerate

Frederickmostly inland floodingLow

Eriemostly inland floodingLow

Daconomostly inland floodingLow

Broomfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Dacono covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dacono’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dacono. 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 Dacono total about $1.0M 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.