Photo: ECTran71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Beaux Arts Village
Beaux Arts Village isn’t graded for hazard risk: Beaux Arts Village has 233 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Beaux Arts Village faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
Earthquakes
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Beaux Arts Village flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Beaux Arts Village. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Beaux Arts Village 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.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Beaux Arts Village
Disasters that paid out in Beaux Arts Village itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Beaux Arts Village), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2006Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides$9K to the Town of Beaux Arts Village for repairs
King County has had 30 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in King County, 2022–2022.
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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer Island | Cmore damage than 75% | earthquakes | 4 |
| Bellevue | C−more damage than 83% | earthquakes | 39 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Beaux Arts Village faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Beaux Arts Village
Is Beaux Arts Village in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In King County, 44% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.8% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Beaux Arts Village?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Beaux Arts Village’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Beaux Arts Village?
By FEMA money that reached Beaux Arts Village, Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides (2006): $9K to the Town of Beaux Arts Village for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Beaux Arts Village.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Beaux Arts Village’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.