Natural hazards · La Verne

La Verne, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Verne comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is La Verne?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Verne to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes45%Inland flooding36%Wildfire12%Avalanches6%

By hazard

What La Verne 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 94% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 53 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Verne flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978

$18Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. La Verne 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 Verne

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into La VerneDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

82 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $49K to the City of La Verne for repairs

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$18K to the City of La Verne for repairs

2020

Wildfires

3 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

19 households applied for aid $53K aid approved $140K to the City of La Verne for repairs

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

7 households applied for aid $23K to the City of La Verne for repairs

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

Around La Verne

La Verne and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pomonamostly earthquakesVery high

Claremontmostly earthquakesVery high

La Vernemostly earthquakesVery high

San Dimasmostly 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 Verne covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to La Verne’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of La Verne. 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 Verne total about $30.5M 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.