Natural hazards · Running Springs

Running Springs, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Running Springs comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Running Springs?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Running Springs to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and earthquakes.

Wildfire40%Earthquakes27%Inland flooding16%Landslides14%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Running Springs faces

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

Wildfire

40% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Landslides

14% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsTsunamisVolcanic 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 Running Springs flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Running Springs 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 Bernardino County.

Disasters that hit Running Springs

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Running SpringsDeclared for San Bernardino County only

2023

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

252 households applied for aid $292K aid approved

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

931 households applied for aid $384K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

26 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

811 households applied for aid $138K aid approved

San Bernardino County has had 56 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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. Running Springs 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 Running Springs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Running Springs. 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.