Natural hazards · Eldridge

Eldridge, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eldridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eldridge?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eldridge to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding51%Earthquakes35%Wildfire8%Drought6%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Eldridge faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

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

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 40 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Eldridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sonoma County.

Disasters that hit Eldridge

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EldridgeDeclared for Sonoma County only

2017

Wildfires

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Sonoma County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Eldridge

Eldridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Calientemostly inland floodingVery high

Boyes Hot Springsmostly inland floodingVery high

Eldridgemostly inland floodingVery 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. Eldridge 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 Eldridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Eldridge. 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.