Natural hazards · Hughson

Hughson, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hughson comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Hughson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hughson to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes40%Inland flooding36%Drought19%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Hughson faces

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

Earthquakes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage

Recorded about 66 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold 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 Hughson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stanislaus County.

Disasters that hit Hughson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HughsonDeclared for Stanislaus County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$325K to the City of Hughson for repairs

Stanislaus County has had 18 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. Hughson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hughson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hughson. 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 Hughson total about $2.2M 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.