Natural hazards · Ridgemark
Ridgemark, CA natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ridgemark comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsExpected damage
How exposed is Ridgemark?
Very high
vs. U.S. communitiesFEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ridgemark to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.
Earthquakes68%Inland flooding21%Wildfire10%Everything else2%
By hazard
What Ridgemark faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Earthquakes
68% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Inland flooding
21% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area
Wildfire
10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Lower here
TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong 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 Ridgemark flood?
FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Ridgemark.
of homes in flood zones
are insured
are insured
of all homes
are insured
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No community discount. Ridgemark isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: San Benito County.
Disasters that hit Ridgemark
Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for San Benito County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Ridgemark itself in FEMA’s records.
Brought FEMA money into RidgemarkDeclared for San Benito County only
San Benito County has had 15 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. Ridgemark covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ridgemark’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ridgemark. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.