Natural hazards · Piru

Piru, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piru comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Piru?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piru to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding34%Wildfire31%Earthquakes29%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Piru faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

31% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsTsunamisVolcanic 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 Piru flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ventura County.

Disasters that hit Piru

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PiruDeclared for Ventura County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

12 households applied for aid $76K aid approved

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

5 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

5 households applied for aid $408 aid approved

Ventura County has had 44 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Piru is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Piru’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Piru. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.