Natural hazards · Aromas

Aromas, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aromas comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aromas?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aromas to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes57%Inland flooding27%Wildfire8%Drought7%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Aromas faces

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

Earthquakes

57% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 53 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong 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 Aromas flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Benito County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Aromas

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AromasDeclared for San Benito County only

2023

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

19 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

21 households applied for aid $83K aid approved

San Benito County has had 15 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. Aromas 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 Aromas’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Aromas. 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.