Natural hazards · Calipatria

Calipatria, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Calipatria comes from earthquakes, 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 Calipatria?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes54%Inland flooding34%Heat waves9%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Calipatria faces

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

Earthquakes

54% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Calipatria flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Imperial County.

Disasters that hit Calipatria

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CalipatriaDeclared for Imperial County only

2010

Earthquake

$120K to the City of Calipatria for repairs

Imperial County has had 13 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. Calipatria 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 Calipatria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Calipatria. 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.