Natural hazards · Hazel Dell

Hazel Dell, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hazel Dell 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 Hazel Dell?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazel Dell to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes40%Inland flooding35%Cold waves15%Heat waves7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Hazel Dell faces

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

Earthquakes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Hazel Dell flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clark County.

Disasters that hit Hazel Dell

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hazel DellDeclared for Clark County only

Clark County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Hazel Dell

Hazel Dell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salmon Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Hazel Dellmostly earthquakesModerate

Lake Shoremostly earthquakesLow

Vancouvermostly earthquakesLow

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. Hazel Dell covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hazel Dell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hazel Dell. 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 Hazel Dell total about $6.1M 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.