Natural hazards · Arvada

Arvada, WY natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding53%Wildfire24%Avalanches9%Cold waves7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Arvada faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

24% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arvada flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sheridan County.

Disasters that hit Arvada

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArvadaDeclared for Sheridan County only

Sheridan County has had 5 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. Arvada 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 Arvada’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Arvada. 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.