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Disaster risk in Boulder

Boulder ranks #25 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 82 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 82nd percentile nationally and #3 of 6 in Colorado.

resilience score
82
Very Fun
National rank
#25 of 134
In Colorado
#3 of 6
Percentile
82nd

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Boulder sits 32 points above the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Boulder

  1. T#23 Manchester, NH 83
  2. T#23 Spokane, WA 83
  3. #25 Boulder, CO — this page 82
  4. #26 Lincoln, NE 81
  5. T#27 Fort Wayne, IN 80

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Boulder

Boulder scores 77 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: