Natural hazards · Dove Valley

Dove Valley, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dove Valley comes from hail, 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 Dove Valley?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dove Valley to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and tornadoes.

Hail59%Tornadoes17%Inland flooding15%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Dove Valley faces

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

Hail

59% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Dove Valley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Arapahoe County.

Disasters that hit Dove Valley

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Arapahoe County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Dove Valley itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Dove ValleyDeclared for Arapahoe County only

Arapahoe County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Dove Valley

Dove Valley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Centennialmostly hailModerate

Dove Valleymostly hailLow

Invernessmostly hailLow

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. Dove Valley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dove Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dove Valley. 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 Dove Valley total about $2.5M 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.