Natural hazards · Minnehaha

Minnehaha, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Minnehaha comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Minnehaha?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Minnehaha to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding35%Earthquakes30%Cold waves21%Heat waves10%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Minnehaha faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

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 Minnehaha flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clark County.

Disasters that hit Minnehaha

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MinnehahaDeclared for Clark County only

Clark County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Minnehaha

Minnehaha and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Vancouvermostly earthquakesLow

Minnehahamostly inland floodingLow

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. Minnehaha covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Minnehaha’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Minnehaha. 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 Minnehaha total about $2.6M 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.