Natural hazards · East Valley

East Valley, NV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Valley comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Valley?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Valley to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire42%Inland flooding38%Earthquakes14%Everything else7%

By hazard

What East Valley faces

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

Wildfire

42% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesTsunamis

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 East Valley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit East Valley

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into East ValleyDeclared for Douglas County only

Douglas County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around East Valley

East Valley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East Valleymostly wildfiresVery high

Fish Springsmostly wildfiresVery high

Gardnervillemostly earthquakesVery high

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. East Valley 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 East Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to East Valley. 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.