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Natural hazards · Marblemount

Marblemount, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marblemount comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marblemount?

89
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marblemount to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Marblemount faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtTsunamis
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 Marblemount flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Marblemount isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Skagit County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Marblemount

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarblemountDeclared for Skagit County only
2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $37K aid approved
2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

15 households applied for aid $78K aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

11 households applied for aid $32K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

53 households applied for aid $149K aid approved
Skagit County has had 26 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. Marblemount 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 Marblemount’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Marblemount. 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.

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