Natural hazards · La Center

La Center, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Center comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is La Center?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Center to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding70%Earthquakes17%Cold waves8%Everything else6%

By hazard

What La Center faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 La Center flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. La Center 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 La Center

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in La Center itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of La Center.

Brought FEMA money into La CenterDeclared for Clark County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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