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Natural hazards · Lynwood

Lynwood, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lynwood comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1980. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lynwood?

83
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lynwood to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes84%Inland flooding15%Everything else1%
By hazard

What Lynwood faces

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

Earthquakes

84% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

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 Lynwood flood?

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

12paid claims since 1980
$180Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19802026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lynwood 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 Lynwood

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LynwoodDeclared for Los Angeles County only
2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

138 households applied for aid $40K aid approved
2020

Wildfires

3 households applied for aid
2018

Wildfires

2 households applied for aid
2017

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid
2008

Wildfires

5 households applied for aid
2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

10 households applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

148 households applied for aid $64K aid approved
2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

221 households applied for aid $21K aid approved
Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.
Around Lynwood

Lynwood and the towns around it

South Gate: Very high, mostly earthquakesCompton: Very high, mostly earthquakesParamount: Very high, mostly earthquakesEast Rancho Dominguez: Very high, mostly earthquakesWillowbrook: Very high, mostly inland floodingLos Angeles: Very high, mostly earthquakesDowney: Very high, mostly earthquakesWalnut Park: Very high, mostly earthquakesCudahy: High, mostly earthquakesFlorence-Graham: Very high, mostly earthquakesCarson: Very high, mostly earthquakesWest Rancho Dominguez: Very high, mostly earthquakesLong Beach: Very high, mostly earthquakesBellflower: Very high, mostly earthquakesSanta Monica: Very high, mostly earthquakesGlendale: Very high, mostly earthquakesPasadena: Very high, mostly earthquakesRancho Palos Verdes: High, mostly earthquakesBurbank: Very high, mostly earthquakesInglewood: Very high, mostly earthquakesVernon: Very high, mostly earthquakesEast Los Angeles: Very high, mostly earthquakesGardena: Very high, mostly inland floodingWest Carson: Very high, mostly earthquakesLynwood: Very high, mostly earthquakes LynwoodSouth GateComptonParamountEast Rancho DominguezWillowbrookLos Angeles
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Willowbrookmostly inland floodingVery high
Los Angelesmostly earthquakesVery high
Comptonmostly earthquakesVery high
Paramountmostly earthquakesVery high
South Gatemostly earthquakesVery high
Lynwoodmostly earthquakesVery high
East Rancho Dominguezmostly 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. Lynwood covers 12 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lynwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lynwood. 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 Lynwood total about $23.6M 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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