For hail, Todd Creek’s building-damage rate is in the top 1% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Todd Creek gets a B for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 64% of U.S. towns, #44 of 159 in Colorado. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (49%), then hail (40%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
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 stands out about Todd Creek’s natural hazards
From FEMA’s model and FEMA’s records, below.
What Todd Creek 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
Hail
Tornadoes
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 Todd Creek’s grade
River and rain flooding is 49% of the building damage FEMA expects in Todd Creek, and Todd Creek’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 80% of U.S. census tracts. Hail adds 40%, at a rate in the top 1% of U.S. census tracts.
B #44 of 159 in Colorado; lower expected damage per building than 64% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Todd Creek’s residents live in 3 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Colorado town has higher expected damage than 56% of U.S. towns; within the state, Todd Creek has less expected damage per building than 73% of Colorado towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.7M a year in losses across Todd Creek: $1.3M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Todd Creek flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Todd Creek. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Todd Creek isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Adams County.The storms Todd Creek remembers
None of the 8 disasters declared for Adams County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Todd Creek itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Adams County has had 8 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Todd Creek and its neighbors
Todd Creek is 3rd of the 3 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
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 Todd Creek 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.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- 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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Questions about natural hazards in Todd Creek
Is Todd Creek at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Todd Creek has lower expected damage per building than 64% of U.S. towns: B for hazard risk, #44 of 159 in Colorado. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (49%) and hail (40%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Todd Creek 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 Adams County, 21% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Todd Creek?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Todd Creek’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Todd Creek at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (49%), and Todd Creek’s rate for it is lower than 80% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Todd Creek.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Todd Creek’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.