Natural hazards · Wright

Wright, WY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wright comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2013. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wright?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wright to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding29%Cold waves27%Wildfire17%Hail10%Tornadoes6%Earthquakes6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Wright faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

17% of expected damage

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

Hail

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong 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 Wright flood?

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

1paid claims since 2013

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Campbell County.

Disasters that hit Wright

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Wright itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Wright.

Brought FEMA money into WrightDeclared for Campbell County only

2005

Tornado

217 households applied for aid $453K aid approved

Campbell County has had 3 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and tornadoes.

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