Natural hazards · North Puyallup

North Puyallup, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Puyallup comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Puyallup?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Puyallup to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes63%Inland flooding32%Everything else6%

By hazard

What North Puyallup 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 · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 North Puyallup flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pierce County.

Disasters that hit North Puyallup

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into North PuyallupDeclared for Pierce County only

Pierce County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around North Puyallup

North Puyallup and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

North Puyallupmostly earthquakesVery high

Sumnermostly earthquakesVery high

Puyallupmostly earthquakesVery high

Edgewoodmostly 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. North Puyallup 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 North Puyallup’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to North Puyallup. 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.