Natural hazards · Jerome

Jerome, ID natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jerome comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jerome?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jerome to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding43%Heat waves26%Winter weather8%Cold waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Jerome faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Winter weather

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWildfireStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Jerome flood?

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

Disasters that hit Jerome

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JeromeDeclared for Jerome County only

2017

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$47K to the City of Jerome for repairs

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. Jerome covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jerome’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jerome. 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 Jerome total about $1.1M 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.