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Natural hazards · Lawndale

Lawndale, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lawndale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1998. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lawndale?

97
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lawndale to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding58%Earthquakes41%
By hazard

What Lawndale faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

41% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lawndale flood?

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

1paid claims since 1998
$5Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19982026

Biggest named events

  • Pineapple Express - Southern: 1 claim, $5K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lawndale 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 Lawndale

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LawndaleDeclared for Los Angeles County only
2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

92 households applied for aid $48K aid approved
2020

Wildfires

7 households applied for aid
2018

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid
2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

34 households applied for aid $33K aid approved
2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

25 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.
Around Lawndale

Lawndale and the towns around it

Hawthorne: Very high, mostly inland floodingTorrance: Very high, mostly earthquakesRedondo Beach: Very high, mostly inland floodingAlondra Park: Very high, mostly earthquakesDel Aire: Very high, mostly inland floodingLennox: Very high, mostly inland floodingInglewood: Very high, mostly earthquakesWest Athens: Very high, mostly earthquakesEl Segundo: Very high, mostly earthquakesLos Angeles: Very high, mostly earthquakesRolling Hills Estates: High, mostly earthquakesLomita: Very high, mostly earthquakesGardena: Very high, mostly inland floodingPalos Verdes Estates: High, mostly earthquakesHermosa Beach: Very high, mostly earthquakesManhattan Beach: Very high, mostly earthquakesLawndale: Very high, mostly inland flooding LawndaleHawthorneTorranceRedondo BeachAlondra Park
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lawndalemostly inland floodingVery high
Hawthornemostly inland floodingVery high
Alondra Parkmostly earthquakesVery high
Torrancemostly earthquakesVery high
Redondo Beachmostly 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. Lawndale covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lawndale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lawndale. 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 Lawndale total about $17.5M 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.

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