Natural hazards · East Pasadena

East Pasadena, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Pasadena comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Pasadena?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Pasadena to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes66%Inland flooding34%

By hazard

What East Pasadena faces

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

Earthquakes

66% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce 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 Pasadena flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Los Angeles County.

Disasters that hit East Pasadena

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into East PasadenaDeclared for Los Angeles County only

Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around East Pasadena

East Pasadena and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East San Gabrielmostly earthquakesVery high

Arcadiamostly earthquakesVery high

East Pasadenamostly earthquakesVery high

Pasadenamostly 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 Pasadena covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Pasadena’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to East Pasadena. 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 Pasadena total about $6.3M 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.