Natural hazards · Gasquet

Gasquet, CA natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gasquet to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tsunamis.

Inland flooding45%Tsunamis38%Earthquakes8%Landslides6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Gasquet faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tsunamis

38% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Landslides

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsCold wavesVolcanic 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 Gasquet flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Del Norte County.

Disasters that hit Gasquet

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GasquetDeclared for Del Norte County only

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid

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

Gasquet, CA natural hazards

How exposed is Gasquet?

What Gasquet faces

Inland flooding

Tsunamis

Earthquakes

Landslides

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Gasquet flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

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