Natural hazards · Davenport

Davenport, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Davenport comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Davenport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Davenport to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes37%Inland flooding32%Drought19%Landslides6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Davenport faces

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

Earthquakes

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage

Recorded about 39 times a year in the area

Landslides

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightningTsunamis

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Davenport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Santa Cruz County.

Disasters that hit Davenport

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DavenportDeclared for Santa Cruz County only

2023

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

4 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

11 households applied for aid $97K aid approved

2020

Wildfires

257 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved

Santa Cruz County has had 29 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. Davenport 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 Davenport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Davenport. 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.