Natural hazards · Farson

Farson, WY natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farson to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding63%Earthquakes18%Cold waves6%Wildfire5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Farson faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Farson flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sweetwater County.

Disasters that hit Farson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarsonDeclared for Sweetwater County only

Sweetwater County has had 2 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and droughts.

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. Farson 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 Farson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Farson. 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.