Natural hazards · Harrington

Harrington, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Harrington 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 Harrington?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Harrington to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding48%Wildfire22%Cold waves20%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Harrington faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

22% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Harrington flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Harrington

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into HarringtonDeclared for Lincoln County only

Lincoln County has had 15 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. Harrington 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 Harrington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Harrington. 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.