Natural hazards · Crescent

Crescent, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crescent comes from tsunamis, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1995. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crescent?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Tsunamis92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Crescent faces

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

Tsunamis

92% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Inland floodingCoastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Crescent flood?

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

2paid claims since 1995

$117Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19952026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Del Norte County.

Disasters that hit Crescent

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrescentDeclared for Del Norte County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$13K to the City of Crescent for repairs

2011

Tsunami Waves

$70K to the City of Crescent for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

95 households applied for aid $109K aid approved

Del Norte 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. Crescent covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Crescent’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Crescent. 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 Crescent total about $29.1M 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.