Natural hazards · Carlin

Carlin, NV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carlin comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Carlin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carlin to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire55%Inland flooding24%Avalanches16%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Carlin faces

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

Wildfire

55% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Avalanches

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsTsunamisVolcanic 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 Carlin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Elko County.

Disasters that hit Carlin

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarlinDeclared for Elko County only

2005

Snow

$4K to the City of Carlin for repairs

2004

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$3K to the City of Carlin for repairs

Elko County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Carlin 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 Carlin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Carlin. 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.