Natural hazards · Meadow Vista

Meadow Vista, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meadow Vista comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2005. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meadow Vista?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meadow Vista to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding61%Wildfire34%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Meadow Vista faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Meadow Vista flood?

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

1paid claims since 2005

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Meadow Vista isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Placer County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Meadow Vista

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Meadow VistaDeclared for Placer County only

2021

Wildfires

2 households applied for aid

Placer County has had 24 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. Meadow Vista covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Meadow Vista’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Meadow Vista. 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 Meadow Vista total about $2.1M 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.