Natural hazards · Fulton

Fulton, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fulton comes from earthquakes, 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 Fulton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fulton to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes54%Inland flooding36%Drought8%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Fulton faces

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

Earthquakes

54% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Fulton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sonoma County.

Disasters that hit Fulton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FultonDeclared for Sonoma County only

2020

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

2017

Wildfires

15 households applied for aid

Sonoma County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Fulton

Fulton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Santa Rosamostly earthquakesVery high

Fultonmostly earthquakesVery high

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