Natural hazards · Snyder

Snyder, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Snyder 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 Snyder?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Snyder to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail31%Inland flooding28%Cold waves23%Tornadoes11%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Snyder faces

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

Hail

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Snyder flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Morgan County.

Disasters that hit Snyder

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SnyderDeclared for Morgan County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Morgan County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter 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. Snyder 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 Snyder’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Snyder. 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.