Natural hazards · Normandy Park

Normandy Park, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Normandy Park comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1990. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Normandy Park?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Normandy Park to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes76%Inland flooding20%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Normandy Park faces

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

Earthquakes

76% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanches
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 Normandy Park flood?

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

6paid claims since 1990
$277Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19902026

Biggest named events

  • Winter storm: 2 claims, $22K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Normandy Park 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 Normandy Park

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Normandy ParkDeclared for King County only
2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$13K to the City of Normandy Park for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2006

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides

$44K to the City of Normandy Park for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $15K to the City of Normandy Park for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $570 aid approved
2001

Earthquake

$799 to the City of Normandy Park for repairs
King County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Normandy Park

Normandy Park and the towns around it

Burien: High, mostly earthquakesDes Moines: High, mostly earthquakesSeaTac: Very high, mostly earthquakesTukwila: Very high, mostly earthquakesBoulevard Park: Very high, mostly earthquakesWhite Center: High, mostly earthquakesSeattle: High, mostly earthquakesFederal Way: High, mostly earthquakesKent: Very high, mostly earthquakesNormandy Park: High, mostly earthquakes Normandy ParkBurienDes Moines
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Burienmostly earthquakesHigh
Des Moinesmostly earthquakesHigh
Normandy Parkmostly earthquakesHigh
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. Normandy Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Normandy Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Normandy Park. 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 Normandy Park total about $3.9M 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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