Natural hazards · Stevenson

Stevenson, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stevenson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2008. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stevenson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stevenson to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves20%Earthquakes11%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Stevenson faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Stevenson flood?

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

3paid claims since 2008

$58Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20082026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Skamania County.

Disasters that hit Stevenson

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StevensonDeclared for Skamania County only

2025

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

$28K to the City of Stevenson for repairs

2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$17K to the City of Stevenson for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$23K to the City of Stevenson for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $733 aid approved $122K to the City of Stevenson for repairs

Skamania County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. Stevenson 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 Stevenson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stevenson. 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.