Natural hazards · Lennox

Lennox, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lennox comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1980. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lennox?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lennox to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding53%Earthquakes46%

By hazard

What Lennox faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lennox flood?

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

2paid claims since 1980

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lennox 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 Lennox

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LennoxDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Lennox

Lennox and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lennoxmostly inland floodingVery high

Hawthornemostly inland floodingVery high

Inglewoodmostly 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. Lennox covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lennox’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lennox. 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 Lennox total about $11.0M 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.