Natural hazards · Cabazon

Cabazon, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cabazon comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cabazon?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cabazon to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and earthquakes.

Wildfire58%Earthquakes26%Inland flooding16%

By hazard

What Cabazon faces

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

Wildfire

58% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsTsunamisVolcanic 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 Cabazon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Cabazon 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 Cabazon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CabazonDeclared for Riverside County only

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 $2K aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Cabazon

Cabazon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cabazonmostly wildfiresVery 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. Cabazon 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 Cabazon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cabazon. 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.