Natural hazards · Evanston

Evanston, WY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Evanston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Evanston?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Evanston to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding48%Earthquakes26%Lightning7%Winter weather5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Evanston faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Earthquakes

26% of expected damage

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

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Evanston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Uinta County.

Disasters that hit Evanston

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into EvanstonDeclared for Uinta County only

Uinta County has had 3 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. Evanston covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Evanston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Evanston. 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 Evanston total about $1.0M 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.