Natural hazards · Upton

Upton, WY natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Upton to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding26%Cold waves25%Wildfire21%Hail14%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Upton faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Hail

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Upton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Weston County.

Disasters that hit Upton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into UptonDeclared for Weston County only

Weston 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. Upton 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 Upton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Upton. 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.