Natural hazards · Dorris

Dorris, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dorris comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dorris?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dorris to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought52%Inland flooding27%Avalanches13%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Dorris faces

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

Drought

52% of expected damage

Recorded about 85 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Avalanches

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsTsunamis

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 Dorris flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Siskiyou County.

Disasters that hit Dorris

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DorrisDeclared for Siskiyou County only

2020

Wildfires

3 households applied for aid

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $70K to the City of Dorris for repairs

Siskiyou County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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