Natural hazards · Fall

Fall, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fall comes from inland flooding, 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 Fall?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fall to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding66%Earthquakes33%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Fall faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Fall flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fall 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

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Fall

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FallDeclared for King County only

2025

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

9 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $55K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

10 households 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. Fall 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 Fall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fall. 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.