Natural hazards · Wilson

Wilson, WY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wilson comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2017.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wilson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilson to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches.

Avalanches88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Wilson faces

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

Avalanches

88% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesTsunamis

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Wilson flood?

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

2paid claims since 2017

$70Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Teton County.

Disasters that hit Wilson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilsonDeclared for Teton County only

Teton County has had 3 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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. Wilson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wilson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wilson. 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 Wilson total about $26.3M 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.