Natural hazards · Star

Star, ID natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Star comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Star?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Star to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding70%Wildfire15%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Star faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Star flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ada County.

Disasters that hit Star

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into StarDeclared for Ada County only

Ada County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Star

Star and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Starmostly inland floodingHigh

Eaglemostly inland floodingModerate

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. Star covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Star’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Star. 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 Star total about $1.9M 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.