Natural hazards · Beaumont

Beaumont, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaumont comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1990. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beaumont?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaumont to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and wildfires.

Earthquakes35%Wildfire33%Inland flooding31%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Beaumont faces

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

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

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

Wildfire

33% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Beaumont flood?

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

2paid claims since 1990

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Riverside County.

Disasters that hit Beaumont

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeaumontDeclared for Riverside County only

2023

Tropical Storm Hilary

$33K to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$185K to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$254K to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $840 aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

4 households applied for aid

Riverside County has had 61 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Beaumont

Beaumont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cherry Valleymostly wildfiresVery high

Calimesamostly wildfiresVery high

Beaumontmostly earthquakesVery high

Banningmostly 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. Beaumont covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beaumont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Beaumont. 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 Beaumont total about $43.1M 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.