Natural hazards · Lebam

Lebam, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lebam comes from tsunamis, and overall the risk is very 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 Lebam?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lebam to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and inland flooding.

Tsunamis69%Inland flooding21%Earthquakes8%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Lebam faces

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

Tsunamis

69% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDrought

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 Lebam flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pacific County.

Disasters that hit Lebam

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LebamDeclared for Pacific County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

13 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

Pacific County has had 24 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. Lebam 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 Lebam’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lebam. 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.