Natural hazards · La Grange

La Grange, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Grange comes from drought, and overall the risk is high 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 La Grange?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Grange to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought77%Inland flooding11%Wildfire6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What La Grange faces

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

Drought

77% of expected damage

Recorded about 67 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Grange flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stanislaus County.

Disasters that hit La Grange

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into La GrangeDeclared for Stanislaus County only

2023

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

12 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

Stanislaus 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. La Grange 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 La Grange’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to La Grange. 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.