Natural hazards · Chinook

Chinook, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chinook comes from tsunamis, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chinook?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chinook to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and inland flooding.

Tsunamis69%Inland flooding21%Earthquakes8%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Chinook faces

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

Tsunamis

69% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDrought

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 Chinook flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pacific County.

Disasters that hit Chinook

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChinookDeclared for Pacific County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Pacific County has had 24 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. Chinook 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 Chinook’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Chinook. 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.