Natural hazards · Enumclaw

Enumclaw, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Enumclaw comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1996. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Enumclaw?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Enumclaw to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes75%Inland flooding23%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Enumclaw faces

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

Earthquakes

75% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Enumclaw flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Enumclaw, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 1996

$28Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Enumclaw 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Enumclaw

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EnumclawDeclared for King County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

30 households applied for aid $427K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$104K to the City of Enumclaw for repairs

2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$89K to the City of Enumclaw for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

King County has had 30 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. Enumclaw covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Enumclaw’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Enumclaw. 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 Enumclaw total about $7.3M 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.