Natural hazards · Perris

Perris, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perris?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perris to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding54%Earthquakes32%Wildfire12%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Perris faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% 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 Perris flood?

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

4paid claims since 1980

$58Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Perris 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 Perris

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerrisDeclared for Riverside County only

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$4K to the City of Perris for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$15K to the City of Perris for repairs

2008

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

11 households applied for aid

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud and Debris Flows

$91K to the City of Perris for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

78 households applied for aid $104K aid approved $48K to the City of Perris for repairs

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

75 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

Riverside County has had 61 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Perris

Perris and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Good Hopemostly wildfiresVery high

Meadowbrookmostly wildfiresVery high

Mead Valleymostly wildfiresVery high

Menifeemostly inland floodingVery high

Perrismostly inland floodingVery high

Romolandmostly earthquakesVery high

Moreno Valleymostly inland floodingVery high

March ARBmostly 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. Perris covers 13 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Perris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Perris. 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 Perris total about $44.0M 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.