Natural hazards · Kingsburg

Kingsburg, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingsburg comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kingsburg?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Drought34%Inland flooding34%Earthquakes29%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Kingsburg faces

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

Drought

34% of expected damage

Recorded about 71 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kingsburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kingsburg 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 Kingsburg

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingsburgDeclared for Fresno County only

2023

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

4 households applied for aid $32K to the City of Kingsburg for repairs

2020

Wildfires

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