Natural hazards · Strathmore

Strathmore, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Strathmore 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 Strathmore?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Strathmore to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding68%Heat waves17%Earthquakes11%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Strathmore faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic 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 Strathmore flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Strathmore 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 Strathmore

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StrathmoreDeclared for Tulare County only

2023

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

42 households applied for aid $83K 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. Strathmore 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 Strathmore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Strathmore. 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.