Natural hazards · Buhl

Buhl, ID natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buhl to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding44%Heat waves16%Wildfire13%Earthquakes8%Winter weather7%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Buhl faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Winter weather

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsLandslidesStrong 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 Buhl flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Twin Falls County.

Disasters that hit Buhl

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BuhlDeclared for Twin Falls County only

Twin Falls County has had 2 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. Buhl 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 Buhl’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Buhl. 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.