Natural hazards · Hemet

Hemet, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hemet comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hemet?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hemet to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes54%Inland flooding43%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Hemet 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

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hemet flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Hemet, from FEMA’s records.

12paid claims since 1978

$62Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Riverside County.

Disasters that hit Hemet

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HemetDeclared for Riverside County only

2019

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$19K to the City of Hemet for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$13K to the City of Hemet for repairs

2008

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

12 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

18 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $11K to the City of Hemet for repairs

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

32 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

Riverside County has had 61 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Hemet

Hemet and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sagemostly wildfiresVery high

Green Acresmostly inland floodingVery high

Winchestermostly inland floodingVery high

Valle Vistamostly earthquakesVery high

San Jacintomostly earthquakesVery high

East Hemetmostly earthquakesVery high

Hemetmostly 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. Hemet covers 19 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hemet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hemet. 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 Hemet total about $66.9M 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.