Natural hazards · Centerville
Centerville, CA natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centerville comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsExpected damage
How exposed is Centerville?
Very high
vs. U.S. communitiesFEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Centerville to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.
Wildfire53%Inland flooding37%Earthquakes8%Everything else1%
By hazard
What Centerville faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Wildfire
53% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Inland flooding
37% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area
Earthquakes
8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Lower here
TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity
Not a risk here
Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis
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 Centerville flood?
FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Centerville.
of homes in flood zones
are insured
are insured
of all homes
are insured
are insured
No community discount. Centerville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Shasta County.
Disasters that hit Centerville
Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for Shasta County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Centerville itself in FEMA’s records.
Brought FEMA money into CentervilleDeclared for Shasta County only
Shasta County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.
Around Centerville
Centerville and the towns around it
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.