Natural hazards · Reedley

Reedley, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reedley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Reedley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reedley to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding65%Earthquakes30%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Reedley faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce 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 Reedley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fresno County.

Disasters that hit Reedley

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReedleyDeclared for Fresno County only

2023

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $33K to the City of Reedley for repairs

2020

Wildfires

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Fresno County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Reedley covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Reedley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Reedley. 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 Reedley total about $6.4M 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.