More hazard damage per building is expected in Las Maravillas than in 90% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Las Maravillas gets a D for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (93%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
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
What Las Maravillas faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
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.
What’s behind Las Maravillas’ grade
River and rain flooding is 93% of the building damage FEMA expects in Las Maravillas, and Las Maravillas’ rate of river and rain flooding damage is in the top 4% of U.S. census tracts. Wildfire adds 1%, at a rate in the top 10% of U.S. census tracts.
D higher expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Las Maravillas’ residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $905K a year in losses across Las Maravillas: $833K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Las Maravillas flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Las Maravillas. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Las Maravillas isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Valencia County.The storms Las Maravillas remembers
None of the 5 disasters declared for Valencia County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Las Maravillas itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Valencia County has had 5 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 7 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Valencia County, 2000–2025.
Las Maravillas and its neighbors
Las Maravillas has the lowest expected damage per building of the 1 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Maravillas | Dmore damage than 90% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Monterey Park | — | 667 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Las Maravillas faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- 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.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Las Maravillas
Is Las Maravillas at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Las Maravillas has higher expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns: D for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (93%). 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 Las Maravillas 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 Valencia County, 14% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 6.7% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Las Maravillas?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Las Maravillas’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Las Maravillas at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (93%), and Las Maravillas’ rate for it is in the top 4% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Las Maravillas.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Las Maravillas’ 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.