Natural hazards · Dubois

Dubois, ID natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dubois?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dubois to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding35%Avalanches32%Cold waves11%Wildfire11%Earthquakes8%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Dubois faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Avalanches

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 Dubois flood?

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

Disasters that hit Dubois

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into DuboisDeclared for Clark County only

Clark County has had 2 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Dubois 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 Dubois’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dubois. 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.