Photo: Smallbones · Public domainStorms, floods and disasters in Green Mountain Falls
Green Mountain Falls isn’t graded for hazard risk: Green Mountain Falls has 459 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Green Mountain Falls faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
Wildfire
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.
Does Green Mountain Falls flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Green Mountain Falls. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Green Mountain Falls isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: El Paso County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Green Mountain Falls
Disasters that paid out in Green Mountain Falls itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Green Mountain Falls), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2023Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes$125K to the Town of Green Mountain Falls for repairs
- 2013Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides4 households applied for aid$17K aid approved
- 2012High Park and Waldo Canyon Wildfires$10K to the Town of Green Mountain Falls for repairs
- 2003Snow$988 to the Town of Green Mountain Falls for repairs
El Paso County has had 14 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 2 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in El Paso County, 2012–2013.
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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade-Chipita Park | D−among the highest damage | wildfire | — |
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 Green Mountain Falls faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Green Mountain Falls
Is Green Mountain Falls 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 El Paso County, 27% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Green Mountain Falls?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Green Mountain Falls’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Green Mountain Falls?
By FEMA money that reached Green Mountain Falls, Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes (2023): $125K to the Town of Green Mountain Falls for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Green Mountain Falls.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Green Mountain Falls’ 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.