Natural hazards · Prescott

Prescott, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Prescott comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Prescott?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Prescott to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Wildfire12%Earthquakes10%Heat waves7%Cold waves5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Prescott faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Prescott flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Walla Walla County.

Disasters that hit Prescott

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrescottDeclared for Walla Walla County only

Walla Walla County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Prescott 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 Prescott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Prescott. 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.