Aberdeen, WA natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aberdeen comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 240 claims here since 1978. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsHow exposed is Aberdeen?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aberdeen to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and coastal flooding.
What Aberdeen faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Earthquakes
Coastal flooding
Inland flooding
Lower here
Not a risk here
Does Aberdeen flood?
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Aberdeen, from FEMA’s records.
Biggest named events
- Winter storm: 20 claims, $91K
- Torrential rain: 6 claims, $71K
Homes that flooded again and again
■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times
are insured
are insured
12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here
Disasters the President declared that paid out in Aberdeen itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Aberdeen.
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, Tornado
Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding
Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Storms and Flooding
How to read this page
FEMA’s expected losses across Aberdeen total about $27.9M 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.