Natural hazards · Lower Elochoman

Lower Elochoman, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lower Elochoman comes from tsunamis, 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 Lower Elochoman?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lower Elochoman to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and inland flooding.

Tsunamis34%Inland flooding30%Earthquakes16%Coastal flooding16%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Lower Elochoman faces

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

Tsunamis

34% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Coastal flooding

16% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Lower Elochoman flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wahkiakum County.

Disasters that hit Lower Elochoman

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lower ElochomanDeclared for Wahkiakum County only

Wahkiakum County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Lower Elochoman

Lower Elochoman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lower Elochomanmostly tsunamisVery high

Cathlametmostly tsunamisVery high

Upper Elochomanmostly tsunamisVery high

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