Natural hazards · Rodeo

Rodeo, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rodeo comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1993. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rodeo?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rodeo to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes68%Inland flooding29%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Rodeo 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 97% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesDroughtAvalanches

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 Rodeo flood?

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

2paid claims since 1993

$33Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Contra Costa County.

Disasters that hit Rodeo

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RodeoDeclared for Contra Costa County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

15 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Contra Costa County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Rodeo

Rodeo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rodeomostly earthquakesVery high

Herculesmostly 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. Rodeo covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rodeo’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rodeo. 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 Rodeo total about $4.5M 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.