Natural hazards · Westport

Westport, WA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Westport comes from tsunamis, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Westport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Westport to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and earthquakes.

Tsunamis54%Earthquakes39%Inland flooding5%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Westport faces

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

Tsunamis

54% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

39% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Westport flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979

$124Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Westport is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Grays Harbor County.

Disasters that hit Westport

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestportDeclared for Grays Harbor County only

2025

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

2 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2024

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

$17K to the City of Westport for repairs

2020

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$14K to the City of Westport for repairs

2020

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$56K to the City of Westport for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

174 households applied for aid $53K aid approved $58K to the City of Westport for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, and Mudslides

$6K to the City of Westport for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $34K to the City of Westport for repairs

2001

Earthquake

$2K to the City of Westport for repairs

Grays Harbor County has had 30 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. Westport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Westport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Westport. 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 Westport total about $7.9M 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.