Natural hazards · East Hemet

East Hemet, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Hemet comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Hemet?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Hemet to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes54%Inland flooding44%Everything else3%

By hazard

What East Hemet faces

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

Earthquakes

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsCold 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 East Hemet flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in East Hemet, from FEMA’s records.

8paid claims since 1978

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Riverside County.

Disasters that hit East Hemet

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Riverside County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching East Hemet itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into East HemetDeclared for Riverside County only

Riverside County has had 61 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around East Hemet

East Hemet and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Valle Vistamostly earthquakesVery high

East Hemetmostly earthquakesVery high

Hemetmostly earthquakesVery high

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. East Hemet covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Hemet’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to East Hemet. 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 East Hemet total about $13.7M 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.