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Natural hazards · Tehama

Tehama, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tehama comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Tehama?

89
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tehama to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding44%Drought35%Earthquakes13%Wildfire6%Everything else1%
By hazard

What Tehama faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

35% of expected damage
Recorded about 80 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Wildfire

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

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 Tehama flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Tehama, from FEMA’s records.

32paid claims since 1983
$393Kpaid to owners
7homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Pineapple Express - Southern: 5 claims, $85K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 25% off flood insurance. Tehama is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 5) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Tehama County.
Disasters that hit Tehama

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TehamaDeclared for Tehama County only
2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$70K to the City of Tehama for repairs
2021

Wildfires

9 households applied for aid
2019

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$75K to the City of Tehama for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$54K to the City of Tehama for repairs
Tehama County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.
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. Tehama 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 Tehama’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tehama. 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.

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