Storms, floods and disasters in Jordan
Jordan isn’t graded for hazard risk: Jordan has 321 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2026.
What Jordan 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
Wildfire
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 Jordan flood? Rarely: 3 flood claims since 2026
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Jordan, from FEMA’s records.
Jordan isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Garfield County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Jordan
Disasters that paid out in Jordan itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Jordan), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2011Severe Storms and Flooding6 households applied for aid$1K aid approved
Garfield County has had 6 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 3 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Garfield County, 2003–2020.
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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.
- 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.
- 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 Jordan
Does Jordan flood?
Flood insurance has paid 3 claims in Jordan since 2026, $105K in all.
Is Jordan 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 Garfield County, 0.4% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Jordan?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Jordan’s 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 Jordan?
By FEMA money that reached Jordan, Severe Storms and Flooding (2011): 6 households applied for aid, $1K approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Jordan.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Jordan’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.