Natural hazards · Sekiu

Sekiu, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sekiu comes from tsunamis, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sekiu?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Tsunamis51%Inland flooding27%Earthquakes21%Everything else1%

By hazard

What Sekiu faces

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

Tsunamis

51% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailDroughtVolcanic 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 Sekiu flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clallam County.

Disasters that hit Sekiu

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SekiuDeclared for Clallam County only

2021

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

3 households applied for aid

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Clallam County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Sekiu 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 Sekiu’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sekiu. 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.