Natural hazards · Connell

Connell, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Connell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Connell?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Connell to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Wildfire11%Earthquakes10%Heat waves8%Cold waves7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Connell faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Connell flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Connell

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConnellDeclared for Franklin County only

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides

$197K to the City of Connell for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$2K to the City of Connell for repairs

Franklin County has had 9 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. Connell 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 Connell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Connell. 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.