Natural hazards · Battle Ground

Battle Ground, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Battle Ground comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1982. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Battle Ground?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Battle Ground to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding51%Earthquakes23%Cold waves15%Heat waves7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Battle Ground faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Battle Ground flood?

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

2paid claims since 1982

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clark County.

Disasters that hit Battle Ground

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Battle Ground itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Battle Ground.

Brought FEMA money into Battle GroundDeclared for Clark County only

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, and a T

$16K to the City of Battle Ground for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Clark County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Battle Ground

Battle Ground and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lewisvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Battle Groundmostly inland floodingModerate

Meadow Glademostly inland floodingModerate

Brush Prairiemostly inland floodingModerate

Cherry Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Hockinsonmostly inland floodingLow

Venersborgmostly inland floodingLow

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. Battle Ground covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Battle Ground’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Battle Ground. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Battle Ground total about $4.6M 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.