Natural hazards · Romoland

Romoland, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Romoland comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Romoland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Romoland to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes41%Inland flooding36%Wildfire22%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Romoland faces

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

Earthquakes

41% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Wildfire

22% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Romoland flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$29Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Riverside County.

Disasters that hit Romoland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RomolandDeclared for Riverside County only

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Riverside County has had 61 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Romoland

Romoland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Menifeemostly inland floodingVery high

Romolandmostly earthquakesVery high

Perrismostly inland floodingVery 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. Romoland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Romoland’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Romoland. 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 Romoland total about $3.5M 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.