Natural hazards · Fowler

Fowler, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fowler comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1995. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fowler?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fowler to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and earthquakes.

Drought54%Earthquakes24%Inland flooding19%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Fowler faces

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

Drought

54% of expected damage

Recorded about 71 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Fowler flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Fowler, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1995

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19952026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fowler 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 Fowler

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FowlerDeclared for Fresno County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$3K to the City of Fowler for repairs

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. Fowler 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 Fowler’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fowler. 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.