Natural hazards · Brier

Brier, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brier comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1996. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brier?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brier to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes60%Inland flooding34%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Brier 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

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% 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 Brier flood?

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

2paid claims since 1996

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Brier 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 Brier

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrierDeclared for Snohomish County only

2015

Severe Windstorm

$10K to the City of Brier for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$5K to the City of Brier for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid $44K aid approved $9K to the City of Brier for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides

$2K to the City of Brier for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, and Mudslides

$1K to the City of Brier for repairs

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

Around Brier

Brier and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mountlake Terracemostly earthquakesHigh

Bothell Westmostly earthquakesHigh

Briermostly earthquakesHigh

Alderwood Manormostly 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. Brier covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brier’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brier. 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 Brier total about $3.1M 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.