WA
Washington
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
21
Billion-Dollar Events
$17.8B
Total Economic Impact
39
Counties
68.83
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 39 counties
ERQK
87.0
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
85.05
Avg Risk Score
CFLD
70.32
Avg Risk Score
VLCN
69.26
Avg Risk Score
Wildfire
65.29
Avg Risk Score
Heat Wave
59.04
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Drought
8 events
$6.8B
Wildfire
7 events
$6.7B
Flooding
3 events
$1.2B
Winter Storm
3 events
$3.2B
Disaster Trends by Decade
How disaster frequency and costs have changed over time
Highest Risk Counties
Counties with the highest overall risk scores based on FEMA NRI
| Rank | County | Risk Score | Risk Rating | SVI Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | 99.65 | 3743.0% | |
| 2 | Pierce | 98.73 | 5302.0% | |
| 3 | Snohomish | 97.9 | 3523.0% | |
| 4 | Thurston | 96.21 | 3724.0% | |
| 5 | Clark | 95.83 | 3915.0% | |
| 6 | Grays Harbor | 94.91 | 8122.0% | |
| 7 | Kitsap | 94.53 | 3081.0% | |
| 8 | Yakima | 93.22 | 9570.0% | |
| 9 | Lewis | 92.17 | 7743.0% | |
| 10 | Cowlitz | 92.14 | 7066.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Winter Storm
Jan 2024
$0.8B
10 fatalities
Drought
Jan 2024
$0.5B
12 fatalities
Drought
Apr 2023
$1.4B
24 fatalities
Winter Storm
Feb 2023
$0.6B
Wildfire
Jun 2021
$1.5B
1 fatalities
Winter Storm
Feb 2021
$1.7B
20 fatalities
Drought
Jan 2021
$2.8B
76 fatalities
Wildfire
Aug 2020
$4.1B
11 fatalities
Wildfire
Jun 2015
$0.3B
1 fatalities
Drought
Jan 2015
$0.5B
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