56
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$3.0M
Property damage
Flash Flood in Fremont County, Colorado: 56 recorded events between 1996 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #519 nationally and #7 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Fremont County, Colorado: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Fremont County is the 2010s, when 20 of the county's 56 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Fremont County archive, flash flood makes up 27.6% of all recorded severe weather across 10 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #519 for this hazard and #7 within Colorado, putting it in the 83.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for flash flood in Fremont County with 22 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | ROYAL GORGE | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | CANON CITY | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 30, 2023 | CANON CITY | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 12, 2023 | CANON CITY | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 12, 2023 | CANON CITY | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 8, 2022 | FREMONT COUNTY ARPT | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 8, 2022 | FLORENCE | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 8, 2022 | FLORENCE | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 4, 2022 | TEXAS CREEK | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | COALDALE | 0 | $0 |
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A flash flood caused significant rises in Hayden, Wolf, Cottonwood, Butter, and Little Cottonwood Creeks. A campground resort on County Road 6 was evacuated. Some outbuildings took on water, but no residences were flooded. County Roads in and around the burn scar sustained some damage. There were no injuries.
County Road 27, north of Texas Creek, had several washouts. Fourteen people and their vehicles were stranded on the road, which leads to a popular recreation area. Washouts were as deep as 8 feet. In addition, dirt and rock debris washed into the Arkansas River which needed to be excavated from bridge abutements.
Strong storms produced brief flash flooding in and around Penrose and Florence. In addition, significant flood waters from the Junkins burn scar swiftly moved down Hardscrabble Creek down from Wetmore causing out of channel flooding to agricultural areas. No major damage was reported.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Fremont County, Colorado?
56 flash flood events are recorded in Fremont County between 1996 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Fremont County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Fremont County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Fremont County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Fremont County, Colorado.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/colorado/fremont-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.