Natural hazards · Bradbury

Bradbury, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bradbury comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1980. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bradbury?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bradbury to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and wildfires.

Avalanches44%Wildfire27%Earthquakes15%Inland flooding14%

By hazard

What Bradbury faces

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

Avalanches

44% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Wildfire

27% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bradbury flood?

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

8paid claims since 1980

$21Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bradbury 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 Bradbury

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BradburyDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Bradbury

Bradbury and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bradburymostly avalanchesVery high

Monroviamostly earthquakesVery high

Duartemostly 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. Bradbury covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bradbury’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bradbury. 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 Bradbury total about $4.1M 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.