Natural hazards · Kentfield

Kentfield, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kentfield comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 80 claims here since 1980. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kentfield?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kentfield to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes54%Inland flooding44%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Kentfield 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 95% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanches

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 Kentfield flood?

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

80paid claims since 1980

$2.1Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marin County.

Disasters that hit Kentfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KentfieldDeclared for Marin County only

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

62 households applied for aid $99K aid approved

Marin County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Kentfield

Kentfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rossmostly inland floodingVery high

San Rafaelmostly earthquakesVery high

Larkspurmostly earthquakesVery high

Kentfieldmostly earthquakesVery high

Mill Valleymostly 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. Kentfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kentfield’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kentfield. 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 Kentfield total about $7.5M 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.