Natural hazards · Ely

Ely, NV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ely comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1982.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ely?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ely to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Cold waves14%Earthquakes12%Winter weather5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Ely faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ely flood?

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

1paid claims since 1982

$390paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: White Pine County.

Disasters that hit Ely

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ElyDeclared for White Pine County only

White Pine County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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