Natural hazards · Hazelton

Hazelton, ID natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazelton to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding50%Wildfire20%Heat waves10%Earthquakes7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hazelton faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Wildfire

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesLandslidesStrong 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 Hazelton flood?

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

Disasters that hit Hazelton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into HazeltonDeclared for Jerome County only

Jerome County has had 4 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. Hazelton 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 Hazelton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hazelton. 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.