Natural hazards · Boulevard Park

Boulevard Park, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boulevard Park comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Boulevard Park?

87
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boulevard Park to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes77%Inland flooding22%Everything else1%
By hazard

What Boulevard Park faces

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

Earthquakes

77% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 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 Boulevard Park flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Boulevard Park.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Boulevard Park isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: King County.
Disasters that hit Boulevard Park

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for King County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Boulevard Park itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Boulevard ParkDeclared for King County only
King County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Boulevard Park

Boulevard Park and the towns around it

Seattle: High, mostly earthquakesTukwila: Very high, mostly earthquakesBurien: High, mostly earthquakesWhite Center: High, mostly earthquakesBainbridge Island: High, mostly earthquakesMercer Island: High, mostly earthquakesKirkland: High, mostly earthquakesBryn Mawr-Skyway: Very high, mostly earthquakesMedina: Moderate, mostly earthquakesVashon: Very high, mostly earthquakesShoreline: High, mostly earthquakesKenmore: High, mostly earthquakesSeaTac: Very high, mostly earthquakesKent: Very high, mostly earthquakesRenton: Very high, mostly earthquakesNormandy Park: High, mostly earthquakesDes Moines: High, mostly earthquakesBoulevard Park: Very high, mostly earthquakes Boulevard ParkSeattleTukwilaBurienWhite Center
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Tukwilamostly earthquakesVery high
Boulevard Parkmostly earthquakesVery high
Burienmostly earthquakesHigh
White Centermostly earthquakesHigh
Seattlemostly earthquakesHigh
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. Boulevard Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Boulevard Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Boulevard Park. 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 Boulevard Park total about $5.5M 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.

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