Natural hazards · Manton

Manton, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Manton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Manton?

96
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Manton to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding58%Wildfire19%Drought11%Earthquakes9%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Manton 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 once a year in the area

Wildfire

19% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 90 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesTsunamis
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 Manton flood?

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

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

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MantonDeclared for Tehama County only
2021

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid
Tehama County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.
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. Manton 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 Manton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Manton. 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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