Natural hazards · Iliff

Iliff, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Iliff comes from inland flooding, 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 Iliff?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Iliff to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding28%Cold waves17%Drought14%Hail14%Tornadoes12%Strong wind9%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Iliff faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 49 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

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Iliff flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Logan County.

Disasters that hit Iliff

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IliffDeclared for Logan County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

Logan County has had 9 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. Iliff 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 Iliff’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Iliff. 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.