Natural hazards · Bothell East

Bothell East, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bothell East comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bothell East?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bothell East to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes56%Inland flooding32%Heat waves8%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Bothell East faces

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

Earthquakes

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Bothell East flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Bothell East.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Snohomish County.

Disasters that hit Bothell East

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Snohomish County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Bothell East itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Bothell EastDeclared for Snohomish County only

Snohomish County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Bothell East

Bothell East and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bothellmostly earthquakesHigh

Bothell Westmostly earthquakesHigh

Maltbymostly earthquakesHigh

Clearviewmostly earthquakesModerate

Bothell Eastmostly earthquakesModerate

Mill Creek Eastmostly earthquakesModerate

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. Bothell East covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bothell East’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bothell East. 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 Bothell East total about $949K 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.