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Tukwila, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tukwila comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1996. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Tukwila?

95
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tukwila to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes71%Inland flooding29%
By hazard

What Tukwila faces

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

Earthquakes

71% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanches
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 Tukwila flood?

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

1paid claims since 1996
$1Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19962026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Tukwila isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: King County.
Disasters that hit Tukwila

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TukwilaDeclared for King County only
2025

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

1 household applied for aid
2020

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$18K to the City of Tukwila for repairs
2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$77K to the City of Tukwila for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $34K to the City of Tukwila for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow

$46K to the City of Tukwila for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2001

Earthquake

$54K to the City of Tukwila for repairs
King County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Tukwila

Tukwila and the towns around it

SeaTac: Very high, mostly earthquakesKent: Very high, mostly earthquakesBurien: High, mostly earthquakesSeattle: High, mostly earthquakesBoulevard Park: Very high, mostly earthquakesBryn Mawr-Skyway: Very high, mostly earthquakesRenton: Very high, mostly earthquakesDes Moines: High, mostly earthquakesCovington: High, mostly earthquakesAuburn: Very high, mostly earthquakesLake Morton-Berrydale: High, mostly earthquakesMaple Valley: High, mostly inland floodingNormandy Park: High, mostly earthquakesWhite Center: High, mostly earthquakesBainbridge Island: High, mostly earthquakesMercer Island: High, mostly earthquakesKirkland: High, mostly earthquakesMedina: Moderate, mostly earthquakesVashon: Very high, mostly earthquakesShoreline: High, mostly earthquakesKenmore: High, mostly earthquakesFairwood: Very high, mostly earthquakesEast Renton Highlands: Very high, mostly earthquakesNewcastle: High, mostly avalanchesMaple Heights-Lake Desire: High, mostly earthquakesTukwila: Very high, mostly earthquakes TukwilaSeaTacKentBurienSeattleBoulevard ParkBryn Mawr-SkywayRenton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Tukwilamostly earthquakesVery high
SeaTacmostly earthquakesVery high
Boulevard Parkmostly earthquakesVery high
Bryn Mawr-Skywaymostly earthquakesVery high
Rentonmostly earthquakesVery high
Kentmostly earthquakesVery high
Burienmostly earthquakesHigh
Seattlemostly earthquakesHigh
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. Tukwila covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tukwila’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tukwila. 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 Tukwila total about $71.2M 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.

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