Natural hazards · Warden

Warden, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Warden?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warden to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding29%Earthquakes25%Cold waves24%Heat waves9%Wildfire9%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Warden faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

25% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong 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 Warden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

Disasters that hit Warden

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WardenDeclared for Grant County only

2017

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides

$4K to the City of Warden for repairs

Grant County has had 10 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. Warden 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 Warden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Warden. 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.