Natural hazards · Grapeview

Grapeview, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grapeview comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2022. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grapeview?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grapeview to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes50%Inland flooding41%Coastal flooding6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Grapeview faces

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

Earthquakes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Coastal flooding

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanches

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 Grapeview flood?

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

2paid claims since 2022

$41Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20222026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mason County.

Disasters that hit Grapeview

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrapeviewDeclared for Mason County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Mason County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Grapeview covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grapeview’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Grapeview. 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 Grapeview total about $1.7M 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.