Natural Disasters in Santiago, WA

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

97.0

Relatively High

Expected Annual Loss

95.9

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

67.2

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

62.0

Score (0-100)

Scores range from 0 (lowest risk) to 100 (highest risk) relative to all U.S. communities. Data from FEMA National Risk Index.

Disaster History & Federal Spending

Source: FEMA

Total Declarations

Public Assistance

$20.0M

Individual Assistance

$66K

Most Common Type

Flood

15 declarations

Disaster	Type	Date	PA $	IA $
Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Flood	Dec 2025	—	—
Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Severe Storm	Apr 2024	$531K	—
Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Straight-line Winds, Floodin →	Flood	Mar 2022	$1.2M	—
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Severe Storm	Apr 2021	$288K	—
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Flood	Apr 2020	$196K	—
Covid-19 Pandemic →	Biological	Mar 2020	$994K	—
Covid-19 →	Biological	Mar 2020	—	—
Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, Tornado →	Severe Storm	Mar 2019	$900K	—
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, and a T →	Flood	Feb 2016	$236K	—
Severe Windstorm →	Severe Storm	Oct 2015	$177K	—
Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Severe Storm	Mar 2012	$425K	—
Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow →	Severe Storm	Mar 2009	$218K	—
Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding →	Flood	Jan 2009	$834K	—
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Severe Storm	Dec 2007	$11.0M	$38K
Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Severe Storm	Feb 2007	$994K	—
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Severe Storm	Dec 2006	$599K	$28K
Severe Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, and Mudslides →	Severe Storm	May 2006	$966K	—
Hurricane Katrina Evacuation →	Coastal Storm	Sep 2005	—	—
Severe Storms and Flooding →	Severe Storm	Nov 2003	$302K	—
Earthquake →	Earthquake	Mar 2001	$148K	—

Showing 20 of 34 disasters

PA = FEMA Public Assistance (infrastructure recovery). IA = Individual Assistance (homeowner/renter aid).

Flood Insurance (NFIP)

Source: FEMA NFIP

Total Claims

921

Total Claims Paid

$13,960,685

Avg Claim Payout

$15,158

County-level NFIP data from FEMA National Flood Insurance Program.

Hazard Mitigation

Source: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Mitigation Projects

Federal Funding

$19,380,216

Properties Protected

Avg Benefit-Cost Ratio

3.46

BCR

Top Mitigation Project Types

Project Type	Projects	Federal $
91.1: Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan	6	$204,271
403.1: Stormwater Management - Culverts	2	$219,222
904.2: Advance Assistance (FMA and PDMC)	2	$9,920,556
502.1: Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Shelter	1	$3,592,142
91.2: Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan - NEW	1	$56,250

Federally funded projects to reduce future disaster risk. Only includes completed or obligated projects.

Santiago has a relatively high overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are tsunami, coastal flood, earthquake. The area has had 34 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is flood (15 declarations). 921 flood insurance claims have been filed in the area. FEMA has obligated $19,964,124 in public assistance recovery funding. $66,114 has been distributed in individual assistance to disaster-affected residents. 19 hazard mitigation projects have been funded to reduce future risk.