Natural hazards · Caliente

Caliente, NV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Caliente comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2026. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Caliente?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Caliente to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding58%Earthquakes24%Wildfire12%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Caliente faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsTsunamis

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 Caliente flood?

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

1paid claims since 2026

$13Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Caliente

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CalienteDeclared for Lincoln County only

2005

Heavy Rains and Flooding

$1.2M to the City of Caliente for repairs

Lincoln County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

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