Natural hazards · Springville

Springville, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding52%Wildfire26%Avalanches17%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Springville faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

26% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesTsunamis

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 Springville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tulare County.

Disasters that hit Springville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringvilleDeclared for Tulare County only

2023

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

154 households applied for aid $782K aid approved

2020

Wildfires

89 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

Tulare County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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