Natural hazards · Woodland

Woodland, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Woodland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1980. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Woodland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Woodland to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes47%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Woodland 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

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

47% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireStrong 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 Woodland flood?

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

9paid claims since 1980

$126Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 4 claims, $37K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yolo County.

Disasters that hit Woodland

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WoodlandDeclared for Yolo County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$126K to the City of Woodland for repairs

2020

Wildfires

162 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$46K to the City of Woodland for repairs

Yolo County has had 18 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. Woodland covers 13 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Woodland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Woodland. 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 Woodland total about $18.2M 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.