Natural hazards · Peyton

Peyton, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Peyton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Peyton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Peyton to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding38%Wildfire33%Tornadoes12%Hail8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Peyton faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Wildfire

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Peyton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: El Paso County.

Disasters that hit Peyton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PeytonDeclared for El Paso County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

El Paso County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Peyton 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 Peyton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Peyton. 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.