Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0FEMA expects about as much hazard damage per building in Coolidge as in the typical U.S. town, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Coolidge gets a B− for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 53% of U.S. towns, #24 of 140 in Arizona. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (90%). Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1990.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Coolidge faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Coolidge’s grade
River and rain flooding is 90% of the building damage FEMA expects in Coolidge, and Coolidge’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 70% of U.S. census tracts. Wildfire adds 5%, at a rate in the top 8% of U.S. census tracts.
B− #24 of 140 in Arizona; lower expected damage per building than 53% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Coolidge’s residents live in 4 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Arizona town has higher expected damage than 78% of U.S. towns; within the state, Coolidge has less expected damage per building than 83% of Arizona towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $3.4M a year in losses across Coolidge: $2.3M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Coolidge flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 1990
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Coolidge, from FEMA’s records: 0.2 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 98% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Coolidge isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pinal County.The storms Coolidge remembers
None of the 10 disasters declared for Pinal County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Coolidge itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 19901 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Storms and Flooding, declared for Pinal County
Pinal County has had 10 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 10 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Pinal County, 2002–2025.
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Coolidge is 3rd of the 4 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | A−less damage than 75% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Eloy | B+less damage than 73% | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| Coolidge | B−less damage than 53% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Blackwater | C−more damage than 76% | river and rain flooding | — |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Coolidge faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- 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.
- 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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Questions about natural hazards in Coolidge
Is Coolidge at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Coolidge has lower expected damage per building than 53% of U.S. towns: B− for hazard risk, #24 of 140 in Arizona. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (90%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Coolidge flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Coolidge since 1990, $45K in all, or 0.2 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 98% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Is Coolidge in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Pinal County, 21% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Coolidge?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Coolidge’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Coolidge at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (90%), and Coolidge’s rate for it is higher than 70% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Coolidge.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Coolidge’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.