Natural hazards · Vernon

Vernon, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vernon comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very 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 Vernon?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vernon to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes95%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Vernon faces

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

Earthquakes

95% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Vernon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Los Angeles County.

Disasters that hit Vernon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VernonDeclared for Los Angeles County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

36 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Los Angeles County has had 74 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Vernon

Vernon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Los Angelesmostly earthquakesVery high

Vernonmostly earthquakesVery high

Commercemostly earthquakesVery high

Huntington Parkmostly earthquakesVery high

Maywoodmostly earthquakesVery high

Bellmostly earthquakesVery high

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. Vernon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vernon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Vernon. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Vernon total about $42.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.