County hazard profile

Butte, ID

Idaho · pop. 2,574 · FIPS 16023

Very Low

FEMA risk rating · RATING

Avalanche

dominant hazard

$3M

modeled expected annual loss/yr

Expected annual loss · all 3,232 U.S. counties

among the lowest nationally

A real dollar distribution: most counties sit far below a handful of high-exposure ones. A FEMA model of annual loss, not a record of disasters.

FEMA national percentile scores

FEMA/CDC score each county 0–100 against all others — the score is the national rank (RATING). Higher risk and vulnerability are worse; higher resilience is better.

FEMA risk indexVery Low 4.42/100

national median ~50 among the lowest nationally

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Moderate 45.71/100

national median ~50 near the national middle (46th percentile)

Community resilienceVery Low 13.17/100

national median ~50 among the lowest nationally

What these figures mean

RATING — the FEMA risk score, expected loss, social vulnerability, and resilience are FEMA/CDC models, not records of disasters that happened. The 0–100 scores are already national percentiles.
MEASURED — population is a recorded census figure.
COMPUTED — the county's rank within the dollar-loss distribution is our placement over the 3,232 counties.
CONTEXT — the note below is framing, not a measurement.

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What this is — and is not

This is FEMA/CDC modeled hazard exposure for Butte, ID and where it ranks among U.S. counties. It is not a verdict on whether Butte is a good or bad place to live — hazard exposure is not place quality, and a county can't opt out of its geography. It is not a per-property or per-address risk assessment, not a prediction of any specific disaster, and not insurance advice. For site-specific risk use a per-property assessment; for the underlying model see FEMA National Risk Index.