Natural hazards · Niland

Niland, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Niland comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Niland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Niland to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes62%Inland flooding34%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Niland faces

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

Earthquakes

62% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Niland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Imperial County.

Disasters that hit Niland

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Imperial County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Niland itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into NilandDeclared for Imperial County only

Imperial County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Niland 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 Niland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Niland. 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.