Natural hazards · Groveland

Groveland, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Groveland comes from wildfires, 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 Groveland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Groveland to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire56%Inland flooding36%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Groveland faces

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

Wildfire

56% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtTsunamis

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 Groveland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tuolumne County.

Disasters that hit Groveland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrovelandDeclared for Tuolumne County only

2023

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

86 households applied for aid $214K aid approved

Tuolumne County has had 17 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. Groveland 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 Groveland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Groveland. 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.