Natural hazards · El Segundo

El Segundo, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in El Segundo comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1997. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is El Segundo?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in El Segundo to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes66%Inland flooding33%

By hazard

What El Segundo 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 94% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamis

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic 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 El Segundo flood?

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

3paid claims since 1997

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 2 claims, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. El Segundo 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 El Segundo

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into El SegundoDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

37 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2024

Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$341K to the City of El Segundo for repairs

2020

Wildfires

3 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $35K to the City of El Segundo for repairs

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

1 household applied for aid $799 aid approved

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

Around El Segundo

El Segundo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hawthornemostly inland floodingVery high

Los Angelesmostly earthquakesVery high

Del Airemostly inland floodingVery high

El Segundomostly earthquakesVery high

Manhattan Beachmostly 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. El Segundo covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to El Segundo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of El Segundo. 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 El Segundo total about $35.0M 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.