Natural hazards · Weiser

Weiser, ID natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weiser comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1982.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weiser?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weiser to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding47%Wildfire36%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Weiser faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Weiser flood?

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

5paid claims since 1982

$149Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Weiser

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeiserDeclared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 8 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. Weiser 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 Weiser’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Weiser. 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.