Warren AFB’s biggest natural hazard is cold waves
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warren AFB comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.
What stands out about Warren AFB’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
What Warren AFB faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Cold waves
Inland flooding
Tornadoes
Does Warren AFB flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Warren AFB. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Warren AFB isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Laramie County.How exposed is Warren AFB?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.
Calmer than 176 of the 205 Wyoming towns we cover.
Warren AFB covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for Laramie County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Warren AFB itself in FEMA’s records.
Laramie County has had 3 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.
Get ready for what Warren AFB actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Warren AFB and its neighbors
How storm and flood risk compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren AFB | Low | cold waves | 0 |
| Cheyenne | Low | inland flooding | 105 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Warren AFB’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Warren AFB.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Warren AFB, expected losses total about $900K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Warren AFB.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.