Natural hazards · Edna

Edna, CA natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edna to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding37%Wildfire23%Drought20%Earthquakes10%Landslides9%

By hazard

What Edna faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

23% of expected damage

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

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 77 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Landslides

9% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Edna flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Luis Obispo County.

Disasters that hit Edna

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for San Luis Obispo County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Edna itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into EdnaDeclared for San Luis Obispo County only

San Luis Obispo County has had 24 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. Edna 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 Edna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Edna. 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.