Natural hazards · Olivehurst

Olivehurst, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Olivehurst comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 41 claims here since 1986. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Olivehurst?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Olivehurst to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding77%Earthquakes18%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Olivehurst faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce 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 Olivehurst flood?

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

41paid claims since 1986

$496Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 2 claims, $2K
February California Atmospheric River: 1 claim, $14K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yuba County.

Disasters that hit Olivehurst

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OlivehurstDeclared for Yuba County only

2017

Wildfires

22 households applied for aid

Yuba County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Olivehurst covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Olivehurst’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Olivehurst. 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 Olivehurst total about $2.2M 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.