Natural hazards · Filer

Filer, ID natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Filer to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding55%Heat waves16%Winter weather6%Cold waves6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Filer faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% 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

Winter weather

6% 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 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Filer flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Filer 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 Filer

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into FilerDeclared 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. Filer 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 Filer’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Filer. 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.