Natural hazards · Red Butte

Red Butte, WY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Red Butte 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 Red Butte?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red Butte to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves16%Earthquakes5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Red Butte faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Red Butte flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Natrona County.

Disasters that hit Red Butte

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Red ButteDeclared for Natrona County only

Natrona County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Red Butte

Red Butte and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Red Buttemostly inland floodingHigh

Caspermostly inland floodingModerate

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