Natural hazards · McMillin

McMillin, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McMillin comes from inland flooding, 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 McMillin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McMillin to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding60%Earthquakes25%Volcanic activity10%Everything else4%

By hazard

What McMillin faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Earthquakes

25% of expected damage

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

Volcanic activity

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% 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 McMillin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pierce County.

Disasters that hit McMillin

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into McMillinDeclared for Pierce County only

Pierce County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around McMillin

McMillin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

McMillinmostly inland floodingVery high

Ortingmostly inland floodingVery high

Aldertonmostly inland floodingHigh

Tehalehmostly avalanchesHigh

South Hillmostly earthquakesModerate

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