Natural hazards · Republic

Republic, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Republic comes from wildfires, 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 Republic?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Wildfire53%Inland flooding38%Cold waves5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Republic faces

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

Wildfire

53% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 Republic flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ferry County.

Disasters that hit Republic

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RepublicDeclared for Ferry County only

2015

Wildfires and Mudslides

$40K to the City of Republic for repairs

2012

Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$44K to the City of Republic for repairs

Ferry County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Republic 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 Republic’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Republic. 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.