Index, WA natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Index comes from landslides, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsHow exposed is Index?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Index to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from landslides and inland flooding.
What Index faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Landslides
Inland flooding
Avalanches
Lower here
Not a risk here
Does Index flood?
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Index, from FEMA’s records.
Biggest named events
- Torrential rain: 10 claims, $287K
Homes that flooded again and again
■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times
are insured
are insured
What’s been done with FEMA grants
7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here
Disasters the President declared that paid out in Index itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Index.
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Flooding and Mudslides
Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding
Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Severe Storms and Flooding
How to read this page
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.