Natural hazards · Leadville North

Leadville North, CO natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leadville North to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and lightning.

Inland flooding66%Lightning16%Hail5%Tornadoes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Leadville North faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Lightning

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Leadville North flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lake County.

Disasters that hit Leadville North

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lake County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Leadville North itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Leadville NorthDeclared for Lake County only

Lake County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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. Leadville North covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leadville North’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Leadville North. 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 Leadville North total about $343K 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.