Natural hazards · Kingston

Kingston, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingston comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kingston?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingston to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes68%Inland flooding18%Tsunamis6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Kingston faces

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

Earthquakes

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Tsunamis

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Kingston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kingston 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 Kingston

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingstonDeclared for Kitsap County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

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