Natural hazards · Lemmon Valley

Lemmon Valley, NV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lemmon Valley comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 33 claims here since 1997.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lemmon Valley?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lemmon Valley to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire45%Inland flooding27%Earthquakes26%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Lemmon Valley faces

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

Wildfire

45% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Lemmon Valley flood?

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

33paid claims since 1997

$434Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lemmon 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: Washoe County.

Disasters that hit Lemmon Valley

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lemmon ValleyDeclared for Washoe County only

Washoe County has had 47 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

Around Lemmon Valley

Lemmon Valley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lemmon Valleymostly wildfiresVery high

Golden Valleymostly wildfiresVery high

Renomostly earthquakesHigh

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. Lemmon Valley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lemmon Valley’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lemmon Valley. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Lemmon Valley total about $3.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.