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Natural hazards · Lytle Creek

Lytle Creek, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lytle Creek comes from wildfires, 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 Lytle Creek?

100
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lytle Creek to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and landslides.

Wildfire38%Landslides27%Inland flooding17%Earthquakes16%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Lytle Creek faces

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

Wildfire

38% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Landslides

27% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lytle Creek flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lytle Creek isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: San Bernardino County.
Disasters that hit Lytle Creek

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lytle CreekDeclared for San Bernardino County only
2023

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $28K aid approved
2020

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

137 households applied for aid $542K aid approved
San Bernardino County has had 56 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. Lytle Creek 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 Lytle Creek’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lytle Creek. 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.

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