Natural hazards · Hudson

Hudson, CO natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hudson to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail28%Inland flooding28%Cold waves18%Tornadoes15%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hudson faces

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

Hail

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Hudson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Hudson 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 Hudson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HudsonDeclared for Weld County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $249 aid approved

Weld County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe 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. Hudson 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 Hudson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hudson. 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.