Natural hazards · Fall River Mills

Fall River Mills, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fall River Mills comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fall River Mills?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fall River Mills to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding64%Earthquakes17%Drought11%Wildfire7%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Fall River Mills faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage

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

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 98 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsTsunamis

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 Fall River Mills flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Fall River Mills.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shasta County.

Disasters that hit Fall River Mills

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Fall River MillsDeclared for Shasta County only

2020

Wildfires

2 households applied for aid

2018

Wildfires and High Winds

4 households applied for aid

Shasta County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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. Fall River Mills 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 Fall River Mills’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fall River Mills. 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.