Natural hazards · Coalinga

Coalinga, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Coalinga comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Coalinga?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Coalinga to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes52%Inland flooding42%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Coalinga faces

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

Earthquakes

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Coalinga flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fresno County.

Disasters that hit Coalinga

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CoalingaDeclared for Fresno County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2020

Wildfires

8 households applied for aid

Fresno County has had 18 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. Coalinga covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Coalinga’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Coalinga. 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 Coalinga total about $3.9M 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.