Natural hazards · Heber

Heber, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Heber comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Heber?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes58%Inland flooding39%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Heber faces

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

Earthquakes

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Heber flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Imperial County.

Disasters that hit Heber

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Imperial County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Heber itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into HeberDeclared for Imperial County only

Imperial County has had 13 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. Heber covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Heber’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Heber. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Heber total about $1.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.