Natural hazards · Littlerock

Littlerock, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Littlerock comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Littlerock?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Littlerock to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes57%Inland flooding39%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Littlerock faces

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

Earthquakes

57% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

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 Littlerock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Littlerock 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 Littlerock

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LittlerockDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

15 households applied for aid

2020

Wildfires

55 households applied for aid $185K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $10K 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.

Around Littlerock

Littlerock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Littlerockmostly earthquakesVery high

Palmdalemostly earthquakesVery high

Sun Villagemostly 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. Littlerock 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 Littlerock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Littlerock. 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.