Natural hazards · Orovada

Orovada, NV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orovada 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 Orovada?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orovada to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and drought.

Wildfire65%Drought16%Inland flooding12%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Orovada faces

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

Wildfire

65% of expected damage

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

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 131 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsTsunamis

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 Orovada flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Humboldt County.

Disasters that hit Orovada

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrovadaDeclared for Humboldt County only

Humboldt County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms 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. Orovada 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 Orovada’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Orovada. 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.