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Natural hazards · Hopland

Hopland, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hopland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hopland?

98
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hopland to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding42%Wildfire27%Earthquakes19%Drought10%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Hopland faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

27% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Drought

10% of expected damage
Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Hopland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hopland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Mendocino County.
Disasters that hit Hopland

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HoplandDeclared for Mendocino County only
2023

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

3 households applied for aid $600 aid approved
2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $122K aid approved
2020

Wildfires

2 households applied for aid
2017

Wildfires

5 households applied for aid
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

45 households applied for aid $67K aid approved
Mendocino County has had 26 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. Hopland 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 Hopland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hopland. 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.

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