Natural hazards · Artesia

Artesia, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Artesia comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Artesia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Artesia to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes63%Inland flooding37%

By hazard

What Artesia faces

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

Earthquakes

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesLandslidesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Artesia flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Artesia, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1980

$32Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Artesia 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 Artesia

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArtesiaDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

21 households applied for aid

2020

Wildfires

3 households applied for aid

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud and Debris Flows

$5K to the City of Artesia for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $563 aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

8 households applied for aid $91 aid approved

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

Around Artesia

Artesia and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Artesiamostly earthquakesVery high

Cerritosmostly earthquakesVery high

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. Artesia covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Artesia’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Artesia. 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 Artesia total about $9.5M 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.