Natural hazards · Menifee

Menifee, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Menifee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2014. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Menifee?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding71%Earthquakes20%Wildfire8%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Menifee faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Menifee flood?

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

4paid claims since 2014

$56Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20142026

Biggest named events

February California Atmospheric River: 1 claim, $11K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Riverside County.

Disasters that hit Menifee

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MenifeeDeclared for Riverside County only

2019

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$4K to the City of Menifee for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$306K to the City of Menifee for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$26K to the City of Menifee for repairs

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

3 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid

Riverside County has had 61 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Menifee

Menifee and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lake Elsinoremostly inland floodingVery high

Menifeemostly inland floodingVery high

Perrismostly inland floodingVery high

Wildomarmostly inland floodingVery high

Romolandmostly earthquakesVery high

Canyon Lakemostly inland floodingVery high

Murrietamostly inland floodingVery 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. Menifee covers 18 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Menifee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Menifee. 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 Menifee total about $71.3M 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.