Natural hazards · Stratford

Stratford, CA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stratford?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stratford to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought72%Inland flooding13%Heat waves9%Earthquakes6%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Stratford faces

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

Drought

72% of expected damage

Recorded about 77 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce 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 Stratford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kings County.

Disasters that hit Stratford

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Kings County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Stratford itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into StratfordDeclared for Kings County only

Kings County has had 16 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. Stratford 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 Stratford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Stratford. 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.