Natural hazards · Cherry Valley

Cherry Valley, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cherry Valley comes from wildfires, 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 Cherry Valley?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Wildfire57%Earthquakes22%Inland flooding21%

By hazard

What Cherry Valley faces

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

Wildfire

57% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Cherry Valley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Cherry Valley 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 Cherry Valley

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Cherry Valley itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Cherry Valley.

Brought FEMA money into Cherry ValleyDeclared for Riverside County only

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

2 households applied for aid

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

Around Cherry Valley

Cherry Valley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cherry Valleymostly wildfiresVery high

Beaumontmostly earthquakesVery high

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