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Natural hazards · Calabasas

Calabasas, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Calabasas comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1998. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Calabasas?

90
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Calabasas to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding47%Earthquakes37%Wildfire16%
By hazard

What Calabasas faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

37% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Wildfire

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong 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 Calabasas flood?

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

14paid claims since 1998
$490Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19982026

Biggest named events

  • California Atmospheric River: 1 claim, $7K
  • February California Atmospheric River: 1 claim, $298K
  • Pineapple Express - Southern: 1 claim, $774

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Calabasas 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 Calabasas

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CalabasasDeclared for Los Angeles County only
2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

1,544 households applied for aid $407K aid approved $17K to the City of Calabasas for repairs
2024

Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$399K to the City of Calabasas for repairs
2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$445K to the City of Calabasas for repairs
2020

Wildfires

13 households applied for aid
2018

Wildfires

290 households applied for aid $83K aid approved $17K to the City of Calabasas for repairs
2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud and Debris Flows

$237K to the City of Calabasas for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

52 households applied for aid $61K aid approved $209K to the City of Calabasas for repairs
2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

2 households applied for aid
Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.
Around Calabasas

Calabasas and the towns around it

Topanga: Very high, mostly wildfiresLos Angeles: Very high, mostly earthquakesAgoura Hills: Very high, mostly inland floodingMalibu: Very high, mostly inland floodingSanta Monica: Very high, mostly earthquakesGlendale: Very high, mostly earthquakesPasadena: Very high, mostly earthquakesRancho Palos Verdes: High, mostly earthquakesBurbank: Very high, mostly earthquakesInglewood: Very high, mostly earthquakesCarson: Very high, mostly earthquakesWest Rancho Dominguez: Very high, mostly earthquakesVernon: Very high, mostly earthquakesEast Los Angeles: Very high, mostly earthquakesGardena: Very high, mostly inland floodingWest Carson: Very high, mostly earthquakesWestlake Village: Very high, mostly inland floodingCalabasas: Very high, mostly inland flooding CalabasasTopangaLos AngelesAgoura Hills
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Topangamostly wildfiresVery high
Los Angelesmostly earthquakesVery high
Calabasasmostly inland floodingVery high
Agoura Hillsmostly inland floodingVery 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. Calabasas covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Calabasas’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Calabasas. 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 Calabasas total about $19.3M 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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