Natural hazards · Carbonado

Carbonado, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carbonado comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Carbonado?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carbonado to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and inland flooding.

Avalanches73%Inland flooding15%Earthquakes6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Carbonado faces

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

Avalanches

73% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Carbonado flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pierce County.

Disasters that hit Carbonado

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarbonadoDeclared for Pierce County only

2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$8K to the Town of Carbonado for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Pierce County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Carbonado is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Carbonado’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Carbonado. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.