Natural hazards · Tipton

Tipton, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tipton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Tipton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tipton to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding34%Heat waves31%Earthquakes27%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Tipton faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Tipton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Tipton 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 Tipton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TiptonDeclared for Tulare County only

2023

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

5 households applied for aid

2020

Wildfires

1 household applied for aid

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