Natural hazards · Cudahy

Cudahy, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cudahy comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cudahy?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cudahy to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes93%Inland flooding6%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Cudahy faces

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

Earthquakes

93% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Cudahy flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Los Angeles County.

Disasters that hit Cudahy

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CudahyDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

8 households applied for aid

2020

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

2008

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

4 households applied for aid

Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Cudahy

Cudahy and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bell Gardensmostly earthquakesVery high

Huntington Parkmostly earthquakesVery high

South Gatemostly earthquakesVery high

Bellmostly earthquakesVery high

Cudahymostly earthquakesHigh

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. Cudahy covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cudahy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cudahy. 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 Cudahy total about $6.9M 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.