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Richvale, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Richvale comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Richvale?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Richvale to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought83%Earthquakes11%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Richvale faces

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

Drought

83% of expected damage
Recorded about 65 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis
Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Richvale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Richvale isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Butte County.
Disasters that hit Richvale

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RichvaleDeclared for Butte County only
2020

Wildfires

2 households applied for aid
2017

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid
Butte County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Richvale 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 Richvale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Richvale. 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.

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