Natural hazards · Yuba

Yuba, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Yuba comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1992. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Yuba?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Yuba to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves16%Tornadoes8%Hail7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Yuba faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Yuba flood?

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

6paid claims since 1992

$44Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19922026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Richland County.

Disasters that hit Yuba

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YubaDeclared for Richland County only

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$5K to the Village of Yuba for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K to the Village of Yuba for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $8K to the Village of Yuba for repairs

Richland County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Yuba

Yuba and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Yubamostly inland floodingHigh

Bloommostly inland floodingHigh

Henriettamostly 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. Yuba 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 Yuba’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Yuba. 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.