Natural hazards · Eagle

Eagle, ID natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eagle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1983. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eagle?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eagle to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding61%Wildfire25%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Eagle faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

25% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Eagle flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Eagle, from FEMA’s records.

12paid claims since 1983

$199Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19832026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. Eagle is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Ada County.

Disasters that hit Eagle

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EagleDeclared for Ada County only

2017

Flooding

$1.3M to the City of Eagle for repairs

Ada County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Eagle

Eagle and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Avimormostly wildfiresVery high

Starmostly inland floodingHigh

Eaglemostly inland floodingModerate

Boise Citymostly inland floodingLow

Meridianmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Eagle covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eagle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eagle. 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 Eagle total about $11.8M 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.