Natural hazards · Cherryland

Cherryland, CA natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cherryland to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes76%Inland flooding23%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Cherryland faces

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

Earthquakes

76% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce 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 Cherryland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Alameda County.

Disasters that hit Cherryland

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CherrylandDeclared for Alameda County only

Alameda County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Cherryland

Cherryland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Haywardmostly earthquakesVery high

San Lorenzomostly earthquakesVery high

Cherrylandmostly earthquakesVery high

Ashlandmostly 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. Cherryland covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cherryland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cherryland. 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 Cherryland total about $8.2M 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.