About HomeRiskMap
HomeRiskMap helps homeowners, home buyers and renters understand the natural hazard risks that affect homes in every US state. We aggregate and explain information published by official government sources — including FEMA, NOAA, USGS and each state's emergency management agency — and present it in a clear, comparable format.
What we cover
For all 50 states and the District of Columbia, we publish risk profiles covering flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, winter storms, extreme heat, drought, landslides and severe storms. Each profile includes a risk rating, what it means for your home, practical preparedness steps and links to the official sources.
Our sources
Our content is based on publicly available data and guidance from official government websites. We link to the original sources on every page so you can verify the information and explore live data for your exact address.
Our editorial team and method
Articles on HomeRiskMap are written by the HomeRiskMap editorial team, which pairs editorial research with careful data handling. Every profile starts from public data published by FEMA, NOAA, USGS and state emergency management agencies. We cross-check figures against the agencies' own documentation, explain them in plain language, and link back to the original datasets so readers can verify anything themselves. Content is reviewed regularly — risk ratings, statistics, program names and source links are re-checked on a rolling schedule, and pages are updated when agencies release new data or after major hazard events. Our standard is accuracy over alarm: we report what the official data actually says, describe what it means for an individual home, and clearly flag what is an estimate rather than a certainty.
What you can do on HomeRiskMap
Here is what you can do on HomeRiskMap. Look up the risk profile for any US address or ZIP code to see which hazards — flooding, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and more — are most relevant where you live or plan to move. Compare states side by side with consistent ratings and explanations, so relocation and investment decisions are based on the same underlying data. Browse our preparedness guides and checklists for practical steps: protecting a home against floods, hardening against wildfire embers, retrofitting for earthquakes, or preparing for extended power outages. Every page links back to official sources, so you can move from our plain-language summary to the authoritative data behind it whenever you want more detail.