Natural hazards · Moapa Valley

Moapa Valley, NV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moapa Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1981.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moapa Valley?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moapa Valley to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding46%Earthquakes26%Heat waves16%Wildfire11%

By hazard

What Moapa Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Moapa Valley flood?

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

13paid claims since 1981

$609Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Moapa 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: Clark County.

Disasters that hit Moapa Valley

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Moapa ValleyDeclared for Clark County only

Clark County has had 12 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. Moapa Valley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Moapa Valley’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Moapa 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 Moapa Valley total about $1.2M 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.