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Natural hazards · Buena Park

Buena Park, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buena Park comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1995. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Buena Park?

94
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buena Park to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes51%Inland flooding48%
By hazard

What Buena Park faces

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

Earthquakes

51% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold 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 Buena Park flood?

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

9paid claims since 1995
$156Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19952026

Biggest named events

  • Pineapple Express - Southern: 2 claims, $1K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Buena 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: Orange County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3buildings floodproofed
Disasters that hit Buena Park

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Buena ParkDeclared for Orange County only
2017

Wildfires

53 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2008

Wildfires

2 households applied for aid
2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

6 households applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

17 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
Orange County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.
Around Buena Park

Buena Park and the towns around it

Anaheim: Very high, mostly earthquakesFullerton: Very high, mostly earthquakesLa Palma: Very high, mostly earthquakesCypress: Very high, mostly earthquakesLa Mirada: Very high, mostly earthquakesOrange: Very high, mostly earthquakesYorba Linda: Very high, mostly earthquakesPlacentia: Very high, mostly earthquakesStanton: Very high, mostly earthquakesGarden Grove: Very high, mostly earthquakesBrea: Very high, mostly earthquakesLa Habra: Very high, mostly earthquakesCerritos: Very high, mostly earthquakesLakewood: Very high, mostly earthquakesLos Alamitos: Very high, mostly earthquakesHawaiian Gardens: Very high, mostly earthquakesSouth Whittier: Very high, mostly earthquakesEast Whittier: Very high, mostly earthquakesSanta Fe Springs: Very high, mostly earthquakesBuena Park: Very high, mostly earthquakes Buena ParkAnaheimFullertonLa PalmaCypressLa Mirada
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Buena Parkmostly earthquakesVery high
La Palmamostly earthquakesVery high
La Miradamostly earthquakesVery high
Fullertonmostly earthquakesVery high
Cypressmostly earthquakesVery high
Anaheimmostly 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. Buena Park covers 13 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Buena Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Buena 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 Buena Park total about $62.1M 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.

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