Natural hazards · Yucaipa

Yucaipa, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Yucaipa comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1995. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Yucaipa?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Yucaipa to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding35%Wildfire16%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Yucaipa faces

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

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Yucaipa flood?

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

8paid claims since 1995

$77Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19952026

Biggest named events

Pineapple Express - Southern: 2 claims, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Yucaipa 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 Yucaipa

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YucaipaDeclared for San Bernardino County only

2023

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

24 households applied for aid $84K aid approved

2020

Wildfires

34 households applied for aid $3K to the City of Yucaipa for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows

$93K to the City of Yucaipa for repairs

2007

Wildfires, Flooding, Mud Flows, and Debris Flows

2 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Debris Flows, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $59K to the City of Yucaipa for repairs

2003

Wildfires, Flooding, Mudflow and Debris Flow Directly Related T

3 households applied for aid $783 aid approved

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

Around Yucaipa

Yucaipa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Oak Glenmostly wildfiresVery high

Calimesamostly wildfiresVery high

Yucaipamostly earthquakesVery high

Mentonemostly earthquakesVery high

Redlandsmostly 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. Yucaipa covers 10 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Yucaipa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Yucaipa. 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 Yucaipa total about $60.1M 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.