Natural hazards · Calimesa

Calimesa, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Calimesa 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 Calimesa?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Wildfire52%Inland flooding26%Earthquakes22%

By hazard

What Calimesa faces

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

Wildfire

52% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Calimesa flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Calimesa 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 Calimesa

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CalimesaDeclared for Riverside County only

2019

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$170K to the City of Calimesa for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$5K to the City of Calimesa for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

$67K to the City of Calimesa for repairs

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

Around Calimesa

Calimesa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Calimesamostly wildfiresVery high

Beaumontmostly earthquakesVery high

Yucaipamostly earthquakesVery high

Redlandsmostly 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. Calimesa covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Calimesa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Calimesa. 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 Calimesa total about $29.0M 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.