Natural hazards · Fiddletown

Fiddletown, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fiddletown comes from avalanches, 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 Fiddletown?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fiddletown to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and drought.

Avalanches36%Drought26%Wildfire26%Inland flooding10%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Fiddletown faces

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

Avalanches

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Drought

26% of expected damage

Recorded about 57 times a year in the area

Wildfire

26% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesTsunamis

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 Fiddletown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Amador County.

Disasters that hit Fiddletown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FiddletownDeclared for Amador County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Amador County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Fiddletown 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 Fiddletown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fiddletown. 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.