Natural hazards · Corcoran

Corcoran, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corcoran comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Corcoran?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corcoran to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes51%Inland flooding24%Heat waves23%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Corcoran faces

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

Earthquakes

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesWildfireLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Corcoran flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kings County.

Disasters that hit Corcoran

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorcoranDeclared for Kings County only

2023

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $64K aid approved

Kings County has had 16 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. Corcoran covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Corcoran’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Corcoran. 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 Corcoran total about $4.2M 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.