Natural hazards · Roslyn

Roslyn, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roslyn comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roslyn?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roslyn to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire48%Inland flooding33%Earthquakes16%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Roslyn faces

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

Wildfire

48% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Roslyn flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Roslyn 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 Roslyn

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoslynDeclared for Kittitas County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$534K to the City of Roslyn for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $56K to the City of Roslyn for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$4K to the City of Roslyn for repairs

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. Roslyn covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Roslyn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Roslyn. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Roslyn total about $2.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.