Natural hazards · Gorst

Gorst, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gorst comes from earthquakes, 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 Gorst?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gorst to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes73%Inland flooding20%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Gorst faces

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

Earthquakes

73% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamis

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

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 Gorst flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kitsap County.

Disasters that hit Gorst

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GorstDeclared for Kitsap County only

Kitsap County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Gorst

Gorst and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bremertonmostly earthquakesVery high

Port Orchardmostly earthquakesHigh

Gorstmostly 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. Gorst 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 Gorst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Gorst. 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.