Natural hazards · Corning

Corning, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corning comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1983. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corning?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corning to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding59%Earthquakes35%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Corning faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Corning flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Corning, from FEMA’s records.

11paid claims since 1983

$82Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 6 claims, $71K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tehama County.

Disasters that hit Corning

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorningDeclared for Tehama County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$341K to the City of Corning for repairs

2021

Wildfires

18 households applied for aid

Tehama County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Corning 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 Corning’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Corning. 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.