Natural hazards · Arapahoe

Arapahoe, WY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arapahoe comes from inland flooding, 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 Arapahoe?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arapahoe to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves16%Earthquakes13%Wildfire9%Lightning7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Arapahoe faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

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

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arapahoe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fremont County.

Disasters that hit Arapahoe

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArapahoeDeclared for Fremont County only

Fremont County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Arapahoe covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Arapahoe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Arapahoe. 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 Arapahoe total about $1.4M 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.