Natural hazards · Sandy Valley

Sandy Valley, NV natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sandy Valley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sandy Valley to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and inland flooding.

Avalanches46%Inland flooding38%Heat waves11%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Sandy Valley faces

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

Avalanches

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sandy Valley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sandy 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 Sandy Valley

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sandy 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. Sandy Valley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sandy Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sandy 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 Sandy Valley total about $2.0M 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.