Natural hazards · Fort Washington

Fort Washington, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fort Washington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fort Washington?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fort Washington to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding79%Earthquakes19%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Fort Washington faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fort Washington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fort Washington 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 Fort Washington

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Fresno County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fort Washington itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Fort WashingtonDeclared for Fresno County only

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. Fort Washington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fort Washington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fort Washington. 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 Fort Washington total about $655K 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.