Natural hazards · Delft Colony
Delft Colony, CA natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delft Colony comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsExpected damage
How exposed is Delft Colony?
Moderate
vs. U.S. communitiesFEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delft Colony to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.
Inland flooding42%Heat waves27%Earthquakes25%Everything else7%
By hazard
What Delft Colony faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
42% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area
Heat waves
27% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area
Earthquakes
25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Lower here
TornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity
Not a risk here
Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis
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 Delft Colony flood?
FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Delft Colony.
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No community discount. Delft Colony isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Tulare County.
Disasters that hit Delft Colony
Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for Tulare County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Delft Colony itself in FEMA’s records.
Brought FEMA money into Delft ColonyDeclared for Tulare County only
Tulare County has had 21 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.