Natural hazards · Frederickson

Frederickson, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Frederickson comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Frederickson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Frederickson to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes62%Inland flooding32%Heat waves5%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Frederickson faces

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

Earthquakes

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Frederickson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Frederickson 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 Frederickson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Pierce County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Frederickson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into FredericksonDeclared for Pierce County only

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

Around Frederickson

Frederickson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Parklandmostly earthquakesHigh

Spanawaymostly earthquakesHigh

Clover Creekmostly earthquakesHigh

Grahammostly earthquakesModerate

South Hillmostly earthquakesModerate

Elk Plainmostly earthquakesModerate

Fredericksonmostly earthquakesModerate

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. Frederickson covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Frederickson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Frederickson. 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 Frederickson 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.