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Natural hazards · Pe Ell

Pe Ell, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pe Ell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pe Ell?

89
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pe Ell to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding52%Avalanches29%Earthquakes17%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Pe Ell faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Avalanches

29% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis
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 Pe Ell flood?

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

1paid claims since 2007
$38Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20072026

Biggest named events

  • Winter storm: 1 claim, $38K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pe Ell isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lewis County.
Disasters that hit Pe Ell

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Pe Ell itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Pe Ell.

Brought FEMA money into Pe EllDeclared for Lewis County only
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, and a T

$55K to the Town of Pe Ell for repairs
2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$11K to the Town of Pe Ell for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

52 households applied for aid $124K aid approved $1.1M to the Town of Pe Ell for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid
2001

Earthquake

$7K to the Town of Pe Ell for repairs
Lewis County has had 33 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. Pe Ell 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 Pe Ell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pe Ell. 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.

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