Natural hazards · Lexington

Lexington, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lexington comes from volcanic activity, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lexington?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lexington to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from volcanic activity and inland flooding.

Volcanic activity43%Inland flooding42%Earthquakes11%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Lexington faces

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

Volcanic activity

43% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Lexington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cowlitz County.

Disasters that hit Lexington

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LexingtonDeclared for Cowlitz County only

Cowlitz County has had 21 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. Lexington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lexington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lexington. 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 Lexington total about $5.7M 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.