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Natural hazards · Sheridan

Sheridan, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sheridan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Sheridan?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sheridan to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding50%Hail29%Tornadoes10%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Sheridan faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

29% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis
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 Sheridan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sheridan 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 Sheridan

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SheridanDeclared for Arapahoe County only
2006

Snow

$3K to the City of Sheridan for repairs
2003

Snow

$2K to the City of Sheridan for repairs
Arapahoe County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Sheridan

Sheridan and the towns around it

Englewood: High, mostly inland floodingDenver: High, mostly inland floodingLittleton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCherry Hills Village: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreenwood Village: Low, mostly hailLakewood: Moderate, mostly hailAurora: Moderate, mostly hailFour Square Mile: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBow Mar: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Washington: Low, mostly hailCommerce City: Moderate, mostly hailBerkley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSheridan: High, mostly inland flooding SheridanEnglewoodDenver
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Sheridanmostly inland floodingHigh
Englewoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Denvermostly inland floodingHigh
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. Sheridan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sheridan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sheridan. 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 Sheridan total about $896K 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.

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