Natural hazards · La Puente

La Puente, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Puente comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is La Puente?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Puente to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes48%Everything else2%

By hazard

What La Puente faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 La Puente flood?

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

3paid claims since 1980

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. La Puente 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 Puente

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into La PuenteDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

194 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2020

Wildfires

13 households applied for aid

2017

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$14K to the City of La Puente for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud and Debris Flows

$2K to the City of La Puente for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

39 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

13 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

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

Around La Puente

La Puente and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

La Puentemostly inland floodingVery high

Valindamostly earthquakesVery high

Industrymostly earthquakesVery high

West Puente Valleymostly earthquakesVery high

West Covinamostly earthquakesVery 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 Puente covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to La Puente’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of La Puente. 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 Puente total about $16.0M 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.