Natural hazards · Bothell West

Bothell West, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bothell West comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1980.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bothell West?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bothell West to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes60%Inland flooding33%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Bothell West faces

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

Earthquakes

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 West flood?

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

2paid claims since 1980

$30Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bothell West 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 West

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Bothell WestDeclared for Snohomish County only

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

Around Bothell West

Bothell West and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bothellmostly earthquakesHigh

Bothell Westmostly earthquakesHigh

Briermostly earthquakesHigh

Alderwood Manormostly earthquakesModerate

Martha Lakemostly earthquakesModerate

Bothell 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 West covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bothell West’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bothell West. 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 West total about $7.6M 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.