Natural hazards · Acequia

Acequia, ID natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Acequia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Acequia?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Acequia to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves18%Heat waves15%Earthquakes10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Acequia faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Acequia flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Minidoka County.

Disasters that hit Acequia

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into AcequiaDeclared for Minidoka County only

Minidoka County has had 3 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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