Photo: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0On FEMA’s figures, Sunrise Manor faces less hazard damage per building than 70% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Sunrise Manor gets a B+ for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 70% of U.S. towns, #4 of 42 in Nevada. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%), then earthquakes (32%). Flood insurance has paid 52 claims here since 1979.
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 Sunrise Manor’s natural hazards
From FEMA’s model and FEMA’s records, below.
What Sunrise Manor 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
Earthquakes
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 Sunrise Manor’s grade
River and rain flooding is 67% of the building damage FEMA expects in Sunrise Manor, and Sunrise Manor’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 60% of U.S. census tracts. Next is earthquakes at 32% (higher than 82% of U.S. census tracts).
B+ #4 of 42 in Nevada; lower expected damage per building than 70% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Sunrise Manor’s residents live in 52 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Nevada town has higher expected damage than 81% of U.S. towns; within the state, Sunrise Manor has less expected damage per building than 93% of Nevada towns.
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Sunrise Manor has lower expected damage per building than 82% (#74 of 400). Because it is so big, its total expected yearly loss, $55.4M, is the 225th largest of those 400.
Does Sunrise Manor flood? Sometimes: 52 flood claims since 1979
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Sunrise Manor, from FEMA’s records: 0.7 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 84% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Sunrise Manor isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clark County.The storms Sunrise Manor remembers
None of the 6 disasters declared for Clark County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Sunrise Manor itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 198422 flood claims paidThe year of Heavy Rains and Flooding, declared for Clark County
- 201222 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19994 flood claims paidThe year of Nv - Flash Flooding 7/8/99, declared for Clark County
Clark County has had 6 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 5 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Clark County, 2002–2013.
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Sunrise Manor is 3rd of the 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellis AFB | A+among the lowest damage | earthquakes | — |
| North Las Vegas | Aless damage than 88% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Sunrise Manor | B+less damage than 70% | river and rain flooding | 52 |
| Las Vegas | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | 121 |
| Winchester | B−less damage than 53% | river and rain flooding | 4 |
| Whitney | B−more damage than 55% | river and rain flooding | 10 |
| Paradise | C+more damage than 60% | river and rain flooding | 62 |
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 Sunrise Manor 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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- 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 Sunrise Manor
Is Sunrise Manor at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Sunrise Manor has lower expected damage per building than 70% of U.S. towns: B+ for hazard risk, #4 of 42 in Nevada. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%) and earthquakes (32%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Sunrise Manor flood?
Flood insurance has paid 52 claims in Sunrise Manor since 1979, $1.4M in all, or 0.7 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 84% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Is Sunrise Manor 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 Clark County, 30% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Sunrise Manor?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Sunrise Manor’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Sunrise Manor at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (67%), and Sunrise Manor’s rate for it is lower than 60% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Sunrise Manor.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Sunrise Manor’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.