Natural hazards · Agua Dulce

Agua Dulce, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Agua Dulce comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Agua Dulce?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Agua Dulce to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire46%Inland flooding23%Avalanches15%Earthquakes15%

By hazard

What Agua Dulce faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Wildfire

46% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Avalanches

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsDroughtTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Agua Dulce flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Agua Dulce.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Agua Dulce isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Los Angeles County.

Disasters that hit Agua Dulce

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Agua Dulce itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Agua Dulce.

Brought FEMA money into Agua DulceDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid

2008

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

8 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Agua Dulce covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Agua Dulce’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Agua Dulce. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Agua Dulce total about $11.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.