Natural hazards · Carrick

Carrick, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carrick comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Carrick?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carrick to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding51%Avalanches17%Drought9%Volcanic activity8%Wildfire8%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Carrick faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Avalanches

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 66 times a year in the area

Volcanic activity

8% of expected damage

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

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesTsunamis

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 Carrick flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Siskiyou County.

Disasters that hit Carrick

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Siskiyou County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Carrick itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CarrickDeclared for Siskiyou County only

Siskiyou County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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