Natural hazards · Pinehurst

Pinehurst, ID natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pinehurst comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1982. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pinehurst?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pinehurst to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding50%Avalanches41%Landslides6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Pinehurst 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 above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Avalanches

41% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Landslides

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamisVolcanic activity

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 Pinehurst flood?

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

6paid claims since 1982

$148Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19822026

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

No community discount. Pinehurst isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Shoshone County.

Disasters that hit Pinehurst

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PinehurstDeclared for Shoshone County only

2021

Straight-Line Winds

$26K to the City of Pinehurst for repairs

2017

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$64K to the City of Pinehurst for repairs

Shoshone County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Pinehurst 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 Pinehurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pinehurst. 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.

Pinehurst, ID natural hazards

How exposed is Pinehurst?

What Pinehurst faces

Inland flooding

Avalanches

Landslides

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Pinehurst flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Straight-Line Winds

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

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