Natural hazards · Edgewood

Edgewood, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edgewood comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edgewood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edgewood to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes76%Inland flooding19%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Edgewood faces

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

Earthquakes

76% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Edgewood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Edgewood 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 Edgewood

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdgewoodDeclared for Pierce County only

2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$69K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $2K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$11K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides

$13K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $10K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

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

Around Edgewood

Edgewood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sumnermostly earthquakesVery high

North Puyallupmostly earthquakesVery high

Fifemostly earthquakesVery high

Pacificmostly earthquakesVery high

Puyallupmostly earthquakesVery high

Edgewoodmostly earthquakesHigh

Miltonmostly earthquakesHigh

Lakeland Southmostly earthquakesHigh

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. Edgewood covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Edgewood total about $7.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.