Natural hazards · Alpaugh

Alpaugh, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alpaugh comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alpaugh?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alpaugh to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves34%Inland flooding30%Earthquakes22%Hail5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Alpaugh faces

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

Heat waves

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesWinter weatherWildfireStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Alpaugh flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tulare County.

Disasters that hit Alpaugh

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlpaughDeclared for Tulare County only

2023

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

45 households applied for aid $84K aid approved

Tulare County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Alpaugh is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.