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Yavapai County, AZ

Risk-assessment baseline packet. County area 04025. Release 2026-10, data as of 2026-09-28.

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Plan clock

Approved, expires 2029-01-02

Plan
Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)
Approved
2024-01-03
Expires
2029-01-02
As of
2026-09-28
Days
827 days to expiry

Map group: Covered beyond 24 months.

What changed since your last plan (approved 2024-01-03)

New federal declarations
none (0 declaration rows; 0 counted incidents)
Storm Events records since approval
66 (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now
FMA RL 3, SRL 5 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 27
Repeat-flood change
First release: no prior release to compare.

Plan status for every jurisdiction in the plan

12 jurisdictions. Each row is that jurisdiction's own plan clock. Notes include other approved plans FEMA lists for the same jurisdiction.

JurisdictionTypeStatusPlanApprovedExpiresDays to expirynegative = days since expiryUpdate underwayNotes
Yavapai CountyCountyApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2024-01-02
Camp Verde townTownApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2024-06-17
Chino Valley townTownApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2024-02-01
Clarkdale townTownApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2024-03-11
Cottonwood cityCityPlan 108225 approved 2024-01-03, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleYavapai County (FEMA plan 108225), pending adoption here2024-01-03 by FEMA; not yet adopted here2029-01-02 once adoptedFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Dewey-Humboldt townTownApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2024-02-23
Jerome townTownApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2024-03-21
Peoria cityCityApproved, expires 2027-05-10Maricopa County (FEMA plan 107585)2022-05-112027-05-10224
Prescott cityCityApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2024-02-20
Prescott Valley townTownApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2024-04-29
Sedona cityCityApproved, expires 2029-01-02Yavapai County (FEMA plan 108225)2024-01-032029-01-02827member approved 2025-07-07
Wickenburg townTownApproved, expires 2027-05-10Maricopa County (FEMA plan 107585)2022-05-112027-05-10224

Plan 108225 lists 1 other participant not on this page. Not covered by it yet: Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (approvable pending adoption, not yet adopted).

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

What the packet contains

Sections in FEMA checklist order. Each heading names the review item its tables support; whether the item is satisfied is decided by the plan and its reviewers. Full tables are in the downloads above.

Supports B1-a Hazards

15 of the 18 National Risk Index hazards apply here; omission evidence is shown only where NRI rates a hazard "Not Applicable", no federal declaration names it and Storm Events has no record of it since 1996.

Highest expected annual loss (NRI, modeled): Inland Flooding, Wildfire and Lightning.

Also check locally (not covered by NRI): dam failure (incl. upstream dams), levee failure, flash flood as its own subtype, ice jams, debris flows, erosion (riverine and coastal), land subsidence and sinkholes and expansive soils.

Check your state hazard mitigation plan's hazard list for this county; explain any hazard you drop.

Supports B1-b Location

  • Avalanche, Coastal Flooding, Earthquake, Hurricane, Landslide, Tornado, Tsunami, Volcanic Activity and Wildfire: Census tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.
  • Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather: Affects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.
  • Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.

Supports B1-c Extent

Storm Events records for 11 of 20 hazard groups, with the scale, observed range and worst recorded event for each; the others say local data required.

  • Hail: 4.5 in hail, 1995-09-28
  • Thunderstorm Wind: 100 kt (115 mph), measurement type not recorded, Thunderstorm Wind, 1996-07-04
  • Tornado: F3 tornado, 1972-08-10, 33 yd wide, $30 property; crops not recorded (1972 dollars)

Supports B1-d Previous occurrences

26 federal declaration rows for this area (23 counted incidents), each with type, dates and county Public Assistance dollars.

New since the last plan (approved 2024-01-03): none.

Hazards with no recorded events are stated as such (6 of 18).

Storm Events history: 908 records (notable ones in the PDF, all of them in the Excel file).

Supports B1-e Probability

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) for each hazard, with a descriptor from a scale defined in the packet.

  • Highly likely: Inland Flooding, Landslide, Lightning and Winter Weather
  • Likely: Hail, Strong Wind, Tornado and Wildfire
  • Possible: Avalanche, Cold Wave and Heat Wave
  • Unlikely: Hurricane and Volcanic Activity

Historical frequency by intensity band (tornado, hail, wind): 9 bands from Storm Events.

Supports B1-f Variation across the planning area

Range of census tract risk scores within the area for 18 hazards (72 tracts; rated tracts only).

12 member jurisdictions: plan clock, repeat-flood count, Public Assistance dollars and event records naming the place (starter, confirm locally).

Supports B2-a, B2-b Assets and impacts

Local data required

County-level starter. The plan must describe impacts for each participant and its own assets.

Storm Events damage since 2024-01-03: $75,000 in county-coded records (57 records); $0 reported for the zone (9 zone records). Data through 2026-06-30; nominal dollars.

Checklist of what to gather locally: Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard; A problem statement per participant per hazard; Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a); Future assets.

Supports B2-a Context

Population 235,830; building value $50,148,189,709 and agriculture value $46,005,007 (total, not at risk).

National Risk Index rating Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability Relatively High; community resilience Very Low.

Supports B2-c Repetitive loss

Repetitive-loss properties, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2): 3 repetitive loss, 5 severe repetitive loss. NFIP insurance definition: 24 and 3.

Mitigated 0; insured 14; NFIP data as of 2026-08-02. Counts by occupancy and for each member community are in the packet.

Releases

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Cite this

Hazard Plain (2026). Yavapai County, AZ: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-28; County area 04025). Preview: automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/az/04025/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

Source citations for the plan's bibliography (8)

How this packet is built, its sources and its limits