Photo: SleepGap · CC BY-SA 4.0On FEMA’s figures, Navy Yard City faces more hazard damage per building than 75% of U.S. towns, mostly from earthquakes
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Navy Yard City gets a C− for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 75% of U.S. towns, #133 of 285 in Washington. Most of that expected damage is earthquakes (74%), then river and rain flooding (26%). 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 Navy Yard City 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.
What’s behind Navy Yard City’s grade
Earthquakes are 74% of the building damage FEMA expects in Navy Yard City, and Navy Yard City’s rate of earthquakes damage is in the top 7% of U.S. census tracts. Next is river and rain flooding at 26% (lower than 86% of U.S. census tracts).
C− #133 of 285 in Washington; higher expected damage per building than 75% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Navy Yard City’s residents live in 2 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, Navy Yard City has less expected damage per building than 54% of Washington towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $981K a year in losses across Navy Yard City: $675K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Navy Yard City flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Navy Yard City. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Navy Yard City isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kitsap County.The storms Navy Yard City remembers
None of the 13 disasters declared for Kitsap County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Navy Yard City itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Kitsap County has had 13 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Navy Yard City and its neighbors
Navy Yard City has the lowest expected damage per building of the 3 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Yard City | C−more damage than 75% | earthquakes | 0 |
| Port Orchard | C−more damage than 84% | earthquakes | 2 |
| Bremerton | Dmore damage than 86% | earthquakes | 9 |
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 Navy Yard City 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 Navy Yard City
Is Navy Yard City at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Navy Yard City has higher expected damage per building than 75% of U.S. towns: C− for hazard risk, #133 of 285 in Washington. Most of the expected damage is earthquakes (74%) and river and rain flooding (26%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Navy Yard City 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 Kitsap County, 39% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.8% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Navy Yard City?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Navy Yard City’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Navy Yard City at risk from earthquakes?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (74%), and Navy Yard City’s rate for it is in the top 7% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Navy Yard City.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Navy Yard City’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.