Natural hazards · Sprague

Sprague, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sprague comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1980. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sprague?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sprague to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding48%Wildfire22%Cold waves20%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Sprague faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Sprague flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Sprague, from FEMA’s records.

6paid claims since 1980

$96Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Sprague

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpragueDeclared for Lincoln County only

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides

$577K to the City of Sprague for repairs

Lincoln County has had 15 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. Sprague 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 Sprague’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sprague. 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.