Indian Timothy Memorial Bridge · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainFor wildfire, Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s building-damage rate is in the top 2% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Clarkston Heights-Vineland gets a C+ for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 64% of U.S. towns, #82 of 285 in Washington. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%), then wildfire (32%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Clarkston Heights-Vineland faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Wildfire
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.
What’s behind Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s grade
River and rain flooding is 67% of the building damage FEMA expects in Clarkston Heights-Vineland, and Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 64% of U.S. census tracts. Wildfire adds 32%, at a rate in the top 2% of U.S. census tracts.
C+ #82 of 285 in Washington; higher expected damage per building than 64% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s residents live in 3 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Washington town has higher expected damage than 76% of U.S. towns; within the state, Clarkston Heights-Vineland has less expected damage per building than 71% of Washington towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $2.0M a year in losses across Clarkston Heights-Vineland: $1.7M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Clarkston Heights-Vineland flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Clarkston Heights-Vineland. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Clarkston Heights-Vineland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Asotin County.The storms Clarkston Heights-Vineland remembers
None of the 10 disasters declared for Asotin County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Clarkston Heights-Vineland itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Asotin County has had 10 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.
Clarkston Heights-Vineland and its neighbors
Clarkston Heights-Vineland is 2nd of the 3 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Clarkston-Highland | A−less damage than 84% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland | C+more damage than 64% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Asotin | Dmore damage than 87% | river and rain flooding | — |
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 Clarkston Heights-Vineland faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- 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.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Clarkston Heights-Vineland
Is Clarkston Heights-Vineland at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Clarkston Heights-Vineland has higher expected damage per building than 64% of U.S. towns: C+ for hazard risk, #82 of 285 in Washington. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%) and wildfire (32%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Clarkston Heights-Vineland 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 Asotin County, 0.1% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Clarkston Heights-Vineland?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Clarkston Heights-Vineland at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (67%), and Clarkston Heights-Vineland’s rate for it is higher than 64% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Clarkston Heights-Vineland.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Clarkston Heights-Vineland’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.