Natural hazards · North Edwards

North Edwards, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Edwards comes from earthquakes, 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 North Edwards?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Edwards to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding42%Heat waves6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What North Edwards faces

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

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic 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 North Edwards flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kern County.

Disasters that hit North Edwards

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into North EdwardsDeclared for Kern County only

2023

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Kern County has had 37 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. North Edwards 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 North Edwards’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to North Edwards. 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.