Natural hazards · Neilton

Neilton, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neilton comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Neilton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Neilton to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes58%Inland flooding39%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Neilton faces

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

Earthquakes

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesVolcanic activity

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 Neilton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grays Harbor County.

Disasters that hit Neilton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NeiltonDeclared for Grays Harbor County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $984 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

Grays Harbor County has had 30 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. Neilton 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 Neilton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Neilton. 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.