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Natural Disaster Risk by County (FEMA National Risk Index)
Which counties face the highest overall risk from floods, storms, fires, quakes and heat.
2 counties share the top score of 100 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index: Los Angeles County, California, Cook County, Illinois.
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| County | Fema risk score (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, California | 100 |
| Cook County, Illinois | 100 |
| Riverside County, California | 99.9 |
| Maricopa County, Arizona | 99.9 |
| Harris County, Texas | 99.9 |
| Orange County, California | 99.8 |
| Alameda County, California | 99.8 |
| San Bernardino County, California | 99.8 |
| Dallas County, Texas | 99.7 |
| Santa Clara County, California | 99.7 |
🌊States with the most top-5% counties
🔎About this data
FEMA's National Risk Index: expected yearly losses from 18 natural hazards, adjusted for how vulnerable and resilient each county is. Scores rank counties against each other (higher = more risk). It's a modelled long-run estimate, not a prediction, and it rates poorer places higher because they're more vulnerable.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), county scores
Coverage: Nationwide (counties)
Single source: FEMA's recorded tornado events for Oklahoma, Kansas and Alabama compared with NOAA storm records (moderate agreement, as expected for a long-run model). FEMA's scores are modelled estimates, so this layer is labelled single source.
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💬Questions and answers
Which county has the highest natural hazard risk (fema)?
2 counties share the top score of 100 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index: Los Angeles County, California, Cook County, Illinois.
Which state has the most high-risk counties?
California has the most counties in the top 5% (29 of the 159 counties scoring 95 or more).
What does the score mean?
FEMA's National Risk Index scores each county from 0 to 100 compared with all other U.S. counties: a score of 95 means the county's expected long-run losses are higher than 95% of counties. It is a model of risk over many years, not a forecast.
Where does this data come from?
FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), county scores. Coverage: Nationwide (counties).
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