Natural hazards · Napa

Napa, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Napa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 741 claims here since 1982. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Napa?

96
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding54%Earthquakes45%Everything else1%
By hazard

What Napa faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

45% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis
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 Napa flood?

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

741paid claims since 1982
$20.6Mpaid to owners
66homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Pineapple Express - Southern: 8 claims, $58K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (21) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Napa is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Napa County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

88homes raised above flood level
79flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1flood-prone homes bought out and moved
Disasters that hit Napa

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NapaDeclared for Napa County only
2020

Wildfires

2,041 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved
2017

Wildfires

2,366 households applied for aid $706K aid approved $2.3M to the City of Napa for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$31K to the City of Napa for repairs
2014

Earthquake

5,030 households applied for aid $9.4M aid approved $9.1M to the City of Napa for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$8K to the City of Napa for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

495 households applied for aid $521K aid approved $2.3M to the City of Napa for repairs
Napa County has had 31 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. Napa covers 16 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Napa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Napa. 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 Napa total about $57.8M 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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