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Mukilteo, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mukilteo comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1986. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mukilteo?

53
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mukilteo to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes63%Inland flooding17%Avalanches15%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Mukilteo faces

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

Earthquakes

63% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Avalanches

15% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesDrought
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 Mukilteo flood?

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

2paid claims since 1986
$13Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19862026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mukilteo isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Snohomish County.
Disasters that hit Mukilteo

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MukilteoDeclared for Snohomish County only
2025

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

2 households applied for aid
2015

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

$48K to the City of Mukilteo for repairs
2014

Flooding and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid
2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$31K to the City of Mukilteo for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$23K to the City of Mukilteo for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $29K to the City of Mukilteo for repairs
2006

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides

$5K to the City of Mukilteo for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, and Mudslides

$3K to the City of Mukilteo for repairs
2001

Earthquake

$6K to the City of Mukilteo for repairs
Snohomish County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Mukilteo

Mukilteo and the towns around it

Picnic Point: Moderate, mostly avalanchesEverett: High, mostly earthquakesMeadowdale: Moderate, mostly earthquakesNorth Lynnwood: High, mostly earthquakesEastmont: Moderate, mostly earthquakesMukilteo: Moderate, mostly earthquakes MukilteoPicnic PointEverett
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Everettmostly earthquakesHigh
Mukilteomostly earthquakesModerate
Picnic Pointmostly avalanchesModerate
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. Mukilteo covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mukilteo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mukilteo. 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 Mukilteo total about $11.6M 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.

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