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Natural hazards in Knights Landing · FEMA

FEMA expects more hazard damage per building in Knights Landing than in 71% of U.S. towns, mostly from earthquakes

On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Knights Landing gets a C for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 71% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is earthquakes (50%), then river and rain flooding (46%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.

Earthquakes 50%River and rain flooding 46%Wildfire 4%

Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded

more than 71%of U.S. townsLess damageMoreExpected yearly damage per dollar of building, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade
Hazard risk
C
in California · higher than 71% of U.S. towns
Main hazard
Earthquakes
50% of expected building damage
Flood claims
0
paid since 1978 · $0
Disasters paid out here
0
of 16 declared for Yolo County
By hazard

What Knights Landing faces

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

Earthquakes

50%of expected building damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. census tracts

River and rain flooding

46%of expected building damage
About average · lower than 55% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about once a year in the area
Smaller shares here
 Wildfire Tornadoes Hail Strong wind Winter storms Heat waves Landslides Lightning Volcanic activity
FEMA models no building damage here
Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis
People, not buildings.Counting harm to people as well as buildings, FEMA’s model puts drought at 81% of Knights Landing’s expected losses. Drought does little damage to buildings (0.0%), so they aren’t part of the grade.

Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Hazard risk grade

What’s behind Knights Landing’s grade

Earthquakes are 50% of the building damage FEMA expects in Knights Landing, and Knights Landing’s rate of earthquakes damage is higher than 89% of U.S. census tracts. Wildfire adds 4%, at a rate in the top 8% of U.S. census tracts.

Where Knights Landing sits
Knights Landing
Least damageMiddleMost damage

C higher expected damage per building than 71% of U.S. towns (21,298).

All of Knights Landing’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.

What drives the damage to buildings
Earthquakes50%River and rain flooding46%Wildfire4%

In dollars, FEMA expects about $3.0M a year in losses across Knights Landing: $457K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.

Shared tract.All of Knights Landing’s 1,117 residents (2020 census) live in one census tract, which it shares with Dunnigan CDP (1,382 residents) and Yolo CDP (425 residents). FEMA publishes its model by tract, so the rate and the hazard mix are the tract’s, the same for all of them. The flood claims below are the town’s own.
A shared figure. The grade describes the whole tract, not each street in it, and FEMA’s model is an average year for today’s buildings, not a record: the claims below are the record.

How TownRatings grades hazard risk →

Flood insurance claims

Does Knights Landing flood? No paid flood claims on record

FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Knights Landing. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.

of homes in flood zones are insured
of all homes are insured
No community discount

Knights Landing 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

The storms Knights Landing remembers

None of the 16 disasters declared for Yolo County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Knights Landing itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.

Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in Knights LandingYolo County only

Yolo County has had 16 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.

Also 2 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Yolo County, 2015–2020.

Be ready

Get ready for what Knights Landing faces

A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.

Earthquakes
  • Drop, cover and hold on.
  • Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
  • Know how to shut off the gas.
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When the river rises
  • Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
  • Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
  • Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
More from Ready.gov ↗
Before you buy or rent
  • Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
  • Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
  • Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
When a storm is coming
Forecast and alertsWeather →911, the nearest ERSafety →

Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.

Questions about natural hazards in Knights Landing

Is Knights Landing at risk for natural disasters?

On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Knights Landing has higher expected damage per building than 71% of U.S. towns: C for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is earthquakes (50%) and river and rain flooding (46%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.

Is Knights Landing in a flood zone?

Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Yolo County, 28% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 5.0% of all homes do.

How much is flood insurance in Knights Landing?

FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Knights Landing’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.

Is Knights Landing at risk from earthquakes?

It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (50%), and Knights Landing’s rate for it is higher than 89% of U.S. census tracts.

Storm stories

Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Knights Landing.

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Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Knights Landing’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.