Natural hazards · James

James, WY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in James 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 James?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in James to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Earthquakes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What James faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 James flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. James 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 James

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into JamesDeclared 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. James 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 James’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to James. 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.