Natural hazards · Medina

Medina, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Medina comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2019. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Medina?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Medina to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes59%Inland flooding39%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Medina faces

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

Earthquakes

59% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Medina flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Medina, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2019

$163Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: King County.

Disasters that hit Medina

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MedinaDeclared for King County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $883 aid approved

2006

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides

$28K to the City of Medina for repairs

King County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Medina

Medina and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellevuemostly earthquakesHigh

Seattlemostly earthquakesHigh

Mercer Islandmostly earthquakesHigh

Hunts Pointmostly earthquakesHigh

Clyde Hillmostly earthquakesHigh

Medinamostly 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. Medina covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Medina’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Medina. 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 Medina total about $2.4M 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.