Natural hazards · Copalis Beach

Copalis Beach, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Copalis Beach comes from tsunamis, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Copalis Beach?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Copalis Beach to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and earthquakes.

Tsunamis68%Earthquakes22%Inland flooding9%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Copalis Beach faces

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

Tsunamis

68% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesAvalanchesVolcanic activity

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 Copalis Beach flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grays Harbor County.

Disasters that hit Copalis Beach

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Copalis BeachDeclared for Grays Harbor County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

28 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Grays Harbor County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

About these numbers

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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. Copalis Beach 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 Copalis Beach’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Copalis Beach. 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.

Copalis Beach, WA natural hazards

How exposed is Copalis Beach?

What Copalis Beach faces

Tsunamis

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Copalis Beach flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

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