Natural hazards · Armona

Armona, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Armona comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Armona?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Armona to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding42%Earthquakes32%Drought13%Heat waves12%

By hazard

What Armona faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 68 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Armona flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kings County.

Disasters that hit Armona

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Kings County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Armona itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ArmonaDeclared for Kings County only

Kings County has had 16 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. Armona covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Armona’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Armona. 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 Armona total about $2.6M 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.