Natural hazards · Orosi

Orosi, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orosi comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Orosi?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orosi to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding46%Heat waves29%Earthquakes22%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Orosi faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWildfireStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Orosi flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tulare County.

Disasters that hit Orosi

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrosiDeclared for Tulare County only

2023

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

46 households applied for aid $85K aid approved

2020

Wildfires

2 households applied for aid

Tulare County has had 21 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. Orosi covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orosi’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Orosi. 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 Orosi total about $1.5M 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.