Natural hazards · La Cañada Flintridge

La Cañada Flintridge, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Cañada Flintridge comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1980.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is La Cañada Flintridge?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes45%Inland flooding34%Wildfire20%

By hazard

What La Cañada Flintridge faces

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

Earthquakes

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Wildfire

20% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 La Cañada Flintridge flood?

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

13paid claims since 1980

$110Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

California Atmospheric River: 1 claim, $5K
Pineapple Express - Southern: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Los Angeles County.

Disasters that hit La Cañada Flintridge

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Los Angeles County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching La Cañada Flintridge itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into La Cañada FlintridgeDeclared for Los Angeles County only

Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around La Cañada Flintridge

La Cañada Flintridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Glendalemostly earthquakesVery high

La Cañada Flintridgemostly earthquakesVery high

Pasadenamostly earthquakesVery high

La Crescenta-Montrosemostly inland floodingVery 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. La Cañada Flintridge covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to La Cañada Flintridge’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of La Cañada Flintridge. 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 La Cañada Flintridge total about $24.4M 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.