Natural hazards · Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding38%Avalanches24%Wildfire23%Earthquakes12%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Bridgeport faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Avalanches

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Wildfire

23% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesTsunamis

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 Bridgeport flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Bridgeport.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mono County.

Disasters that hit Bridgeport

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeportDeclared for Mono County only

2023

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

71 households applied for aid $148K aid approved

Mono County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Bridgeport is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bridgeport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bridgeport. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.