Natural hazards · Earlimart

Earlimart, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Earlimart comes from inland flooding, 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 Earlimart?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Earlimart to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes25%Heat waves23%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Earlimart faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

25% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWildfireStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Earlimart flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Earlimart 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 Earlimart

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EarlimartDeclared for Tulare County only

2023

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

24 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2020

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

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