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Natural hazards · Clyde Hill

Clyde Hill, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clyde Hill comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Clyde Hill?

63
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes70%Inland flooding28%Everything else1%
By hazard

What Clyde Hill faces

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

Earthquakes

70% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% 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 Clyde Hill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Clyde Hill 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 Clyde Hill

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Clyde HillDeclared for King County only
2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$19K to the City of Clyde Hill for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$8K to the City of Clyde Hill for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $833 aid approved
2006

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides

$27K to the City of Clyde Hill for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid
King County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Clyde Hill

Clyde Hill and the towns around it

Bellevue: High, mostly earthquakesYarrow Point: High, mostly earthquakesKirkland: High, mostly earthquakesMedina: Moderate, mostly earthquakesRedmond: High, mostly earthquakesBeaux Arts Village: High, mostly earthquakesIssaquah: Very high, mostly earthquakesNewcastle: High, mostly avalanchesSammamish: High, mostly earthquakesMercer Island: High, mostly earthquakesHunts Point: High, mostly earthquakesKenmore: High, mostly earthquakesSeattle: High, mostly earthquakesWoodinville: High, mostly earthquakesBothell: High, mostly earthquakesClyde Hill: High, mostly earthquakes Clyde HillBellevueYarrow PointKirklandMedina
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bellevuemostly earthquakesHigh
Kirklandmostly earthquakesHigh
Clyde Hillmostly earthquakesHigh
Yarrow Pointmostly earthquakesHigh
Medinamostly 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. Clyde Hill 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 Clyde Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clyde Hill. 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.

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