Natural hazards · Nuevo

Nuevo, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nuevo comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nuevo?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes39%Inland flooding34%Wildfire25%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Nuevo faces

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

Earthquakes

39% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Wildfire

25% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% 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 Nuevo flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Nuevo 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 Nuevo

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NuevoDeclared for Riverside County only

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Riverside County has had 61 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. Nuevo covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nuevo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Nuevo. 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 Nuevo total about $4.9M 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.