Natural hazards · Rupert

Rupert, ID natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rupert to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding33%Earthquakes28%Heat waves16%Cold waves11%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Rupert faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Rupert flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Minidoka County.

Disasters that hit Rupert

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RupertDeclared for Minidoka County only

2017

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$19K to the City of Rupert for repairs

Minidoka County has had 3 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. Rupert 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 Rupert’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rupert. 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.