Natural hazards · Kerman

Kerman, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kerman 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 Kerman?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kerman to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes55%Inland flooding26%Drought16%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Kerman faces

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

Earthquakes

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 68 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kerman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fresno County.

Disasters that hit Kerman

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KermanDeclared for Fresno County only

2020

Wildfires

5 households applied for aid

Fresno 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. Kerman 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 Kerman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kerman. 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.