Natural hazards · Gazelle

Gazelle, CA natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gazelle to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding39%Wildfire35%Avalanches11%Drought7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Gazelle faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

35% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 57 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesTsunamis

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 Gazelle flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Siskiyou County.

Disasters that hit Gazelle

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GazelleDeclared for Siskiyou County only

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Siskiyou County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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