Natural hazards · Pine Grove

Pine Grove, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pine Grove comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pine Grove?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pine Grove to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and wildfires.

Avalanches41%Wildfire35%Inland flooding18%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Pine Grove faces

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

Avalanches

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Wildfire

35% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtTsunamis

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 Pine Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Amador County.

Disasters that hit Pine Grove

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pine GroveDeclared for Amador County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

41 households applied for aid $237K aid approved

Amador County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Pine Grove covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pine Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pine Grove. 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 Pine Grove total about $4.5M 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.