Natural hazards · Victorville

Victorville, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Victorville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Victorville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes44%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Victorville faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

44% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Victorville flood?

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

3paid claims since 1978

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Bernardino County.

Disasters that hit Victorville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VictorvilleDeclared for San Bernardino County only

2023

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

90 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2020

Wildfires

71 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$222K to the City of Victorville for repairs

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

26 households applied for aid

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mud and Debris Flows

$869 to the City of Victorville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

39 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $150K to the City of Victorville for repairs

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

151 households applied for aid $48K aid approved $28K to the City of Victorville for repairs

San Bernardino County has had 56 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Victorville

Victorville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Spring Valley Lakemostly inland floodingVery high

Apple Valleymostly inland floodingVery high

Adelantomostly inland floodingVery high

Hesperiamostly inland floodingVery high

Oak Hillsmostly earthquakesVery high

Victorvillemostly inland floodingHigh

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. Victorville covers 23 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Victorville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Victorville. 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 Victorville total about $38.8M 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.