Natural hazards · Sheridan

Sheridan, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sheridan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sheridan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sheridan to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding51%Wildfire37%Earthquakes6%Drought5%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Sheridan faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

37% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 56 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Sheridan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Placer County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Sheridan

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SheridanDeclared for Placer County only

2021

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

Placer County has had 24 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. Sheridan 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 Sheridan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sheridan. 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.