Paradise, CA natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Paradise comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1998. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsHow exposed is Paradise?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Paradise to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.
What Paradise faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Earthquakes
Inland flooding
Wildfire
Lower here
Not a risk here
Does Paradise flood?
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Paradise, from FEMA’s records.
Biggest named events
- Pineapple Express - Southern: 1 claim, $15K
are insured
are insured
8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here
Disasters the President declared that paid out in Paradise itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Paradise.
Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Wildfires
Wildfires
Wildfires
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides
Wildfires
Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides
Ca-Wildfires-08/25/1999
Paradise and the towns around it
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FEMA’s expected losses across Paradise total about $2.4M 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.