Natural hazards · Firebaugh

Firebaugh, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Firebaugh 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 Firebaugh?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Firebaugh to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding47%Earthquakes44%Drought7%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Firebaugh faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 68 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Firebaugh flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fresno County.

Disasters that hit Firebaugh

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FirebaughDeclared for Fresno County only

2023

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Fresno County has had 18 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. Firebaugh covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Firebaugh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Firebaugh. 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 Firebaugh total about $2.1M 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.