Natural hazards · North Richmond

North Richmond, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Richmond 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 North Richmond?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Richmond to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes69%Inland flooding29%Everything else3%

By hazard

What North Richmond faces

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

Earthquakes

69% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesDroughtAvalanches

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 Richmond flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Contra Costa County.

Disasters that hit North Richmond

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Contra Costa County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching North Richmond itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into North RichmondDeclared for Contra Costa County only

Contra Costa County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around North Richmond

North Richmond and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

North Richmondmostly earthquakesVery high

Richmondmostly earthquakesVery 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. North Richmond 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 Richmond’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to North Richmond. 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.