Natural hazards · Lake Hughes

Lake Hughes, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lake Hughes comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lake Hughes?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lake Hughes to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding27%Earthquakes27%Wildfire26%Avalanches18%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Lake Hughes faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage

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

Wildfire

26% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 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 Lake Hughes flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lake Hughes 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 Lake Hughes

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lake HughesDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

7 households applied for aid

2020

Wildfires

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2017

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

57 households applied for aid $139K aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

1 household applied for aid

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

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. Lake Hughes 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 Lake Hughes’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lake Hughes. 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.