Natural hazards · Weed

Weed, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weed comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weed?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weed to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding53%Wildfire18%Avalanches11%Volcanic activity8%Earthquakes7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Weed faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Avalanches

11% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Volcanic activity

8% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesTsunamis

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 Weed flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Siskiyou County.

Disasters that hit Weed

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeedDeclared for Siskiyou County only

2020

Wildfires

6 households applied for aid

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$31K to the City of Weed for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

13 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $97K to the City of Weed for repairs

Siskiyou County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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