Natural hazards · Camas

Camas, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Camas comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1980. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Camas?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding62%Earthquakes16%Cold waves13%Heat waves6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Camas faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Camas flood?

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

3paid claims since 1980

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Camas 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 Camas

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CamasDeclared for Clark County only

2024

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$64K to the City of Camas for repairs

2015

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

$334K to the City of Camas for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Camas

Camas and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Washougalmostly inland floodingVery high

Fairviewmostly earthquakesModerate

Camasmostly inland floodingModerate

Vancouvermostly earthquakesLow

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. Camas covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Camas’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Camas. 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 Camas total about $9.5M 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.