Port Gamble Historic District · Photo: SchmuckyTheCat at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Port Gamble Tribal Community
Port Gamble Tribal Community isn’t graded for hazard risk: Port Gamble Tribal Community has 624 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1982.
What Port Gamble Tribal Community 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
Coastal 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 Port Gamble Tribal Community flood? Sometimes: 13 flood claims since 1982
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Port Gamble Tribal Community, from FEMA’s records.
- The Winter storm1 claim · $5K
Port Gamble Tribal Community 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 Port Gamble Tribal Community remembers
None of the 13 disasters declared for Kitsap County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Port Gamble Tribal Community itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 202210 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19821 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19961 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Winter Storms, Land and Muds Slides,flooding, declared for Kitsap County
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.
Old photos of Port Gamble Tribal Community after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
Add to the Port Gamble Tribal Community archive →Port Gamble Tribal Community and its neighbors
How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hansville | C−more damage than 77% | earthquakes | — |
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 Port Gamble Tribal Community 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.
- Know your evacuation zone and the way off the coast.
- Storm surge comes fast: leave when you’re told, not when the water arrives.
- Move cars to high ground before king tides and nor’easters.
- 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 Port Gamble Tribal Community
Does Port Gamble Tribal Community flood?
Flood insurance has paid 13 claims in Port Gamble Tribal Community since 1982, $461K in all. The most claims came from Winter storm (1).
Is Port Gamble Tribal Community 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 Port Gamble Tribal Community?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Port Gamble Tribal Community’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 Port Gamble Tribal Community?
By flood claims, Winter storm: 1 paid, $5K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Port Gamble Tribal Community.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Port Gamble Tribal Community’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.