Natural hazards · Sheridan

Sheridan, WY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sheridan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sheridan?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sheridan to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding69%Cold waves16%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Sheridan faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Sheridan flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Sheridan, from FEMA’s records.

14paid claims since 1978

$48Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sheridan 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 Sheridan

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SheridanDeclared 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. Sheridan covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sheridan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sheridan. 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 Sheridan total about $11.2M 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.