Natural hazards · George

George, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in George comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is George?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in George to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves20%Earthquakes10%Wildfire8%Heat waves5%Everything else3%

By hazard

What George faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 George flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

Disasters that hit George

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GeorgeDeclared for Grant County only

Grant County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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. George 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 George’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of George. 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.