Natural hazards · Kenwood

Kenwood, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kenwood?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenwood to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding65%Earthquakes23%Wildfire7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Kenwood faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage

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

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Kenwood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sonoma County.

Disasters that hit Kenwood

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KenwoodDeclared for Sonoma County only

2020

Wildfires

17 households applied for aid

2017

Wildfires

279 households applied for aid $255K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

24 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

Sonoma County has had 29 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. Kenwood 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 Kenwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kenwood. 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.

Kenwood, CA natural hazards

How exposed is Kenwood?

What Kenwood faces

Inland flooding

Earthquakes

Wildfire

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Kenwood flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Wildfires

Wildfires

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

How to read this page

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