Natural hazards · Avalon

Avalon, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Avalon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1995. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Avalon?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Avalon to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding77%Earthquakes17%Wildfire5%

By hazard

What Avalon faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Avalon flood?

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

4paid claims since 1995

$56Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19952026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Avalon 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 Avalon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AvalonDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

2 households applied for aid

2023

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

$97K to the City of Avalon for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$5K to the City of Avalon for repairs

2005

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

$14K to the City of Avalon for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $20K to the City of Avalon for repairs

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. Avalon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Avalon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Avalon. 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 Avalon total about $1.9M 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.