Natural hazards · Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Redondo Beach comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1980. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Redondo Beach?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Redondo Beach to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding52%Earthquakes48%

By hazard

What Redondo Beach faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamis

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Redondo Beach flood?

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

26paid claims since 1980

$1.2Mpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 3 claims, $1K
Tropical Storm Hilary: 1 claim, $26K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Los Angeles County.

Disasters that hit Redondo Beach

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Redondo BeachDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

168 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2020

Wildfires

20 households applied for aid

2018

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

2017

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

1 household applied for aid

2005

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

$23K to the City of Redondo Beach for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

15 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lawndalemostly inland floodingVery high

Torrancemostly earthquakesVery high

Redondo Beachmostly inland floodingVery high

Manhattan Beachmostly earthquakesVery high

Hermosa Beachmostly 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. Redondo Beach covers 14 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Redondo Beach’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Redondo Beach. 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 Redondo Beach total about $49.5M 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.