Natural hazards · Baldwin Park

Baldwin Park, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Baldwin Park comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1998. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Baldwin Park?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Baldwin Park to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes73%Inland flooding25%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Baldwin Park faces

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

Earthquakes

73% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Baldwin Park flood?

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

2paid claims since 1998

$48Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 1 claim, $1K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Baldwin Park 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 Baldwin Park

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Baldwin ParkDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

160 households applied for aid $52K aid approved $16K to the City of Baldwin Park for repairs

2020

Wildfires

11 households applied for aid

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$10K to the City of Baldwin Park for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$10K to the City of Baldwin Park for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

15 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $2K to the City of Baldwin Park for repairs

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

3 households applied for aid

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

Around Baldwin Park

Baldwin Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

El Montemostly earthquakesVery high

Industrymostly earthquakesVery high

West Puente Valleymostly earthquakesVery high

West Covinamostly earthquakesVery high

Baldwin Parkmostly earthquakesVery high

Irwindalemostly 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. Baldwin Park covers 16 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Baldwin Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Baldwin Park. 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 Baldwin Park total about $23.5M 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.