Natural hazards · Ronald

Ronald, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ronald comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ronald?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ronald to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and avalanches.

Wildfire45%Avalanches31%Inland flooding17%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Ronald faces

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

Wildfire

45% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic 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 Ronald flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kittitas County.

Disasters that hit Ronald

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RonaldDeclared for Kittitas County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $55K aid approved

Kittitas County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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