Natural hazards · San Pasqual

San Pasqual, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in San Pasqual comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is San Pasqual?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in San Pasqual to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes51%Inland flooding48%

By hazard

What San Pasqual faces

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

Earthquakes

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 San Pasqual flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Los Angeles County.

Disasters that hit San Pasqual

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Los Angeles County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching San Pasqual itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into San PasqualDeclared for Los Angeles County only

Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around San Pasqual

San Pasqual and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

San Pasqualmostly earthquakesVery high

San Marinomostly earthquakesVery high

Pasadenamostly 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. San Pasqual covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to San Pasqual’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to San Pasqual. 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 San Pasqual total about $2.0M 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.