Photo: not specified · Public domainStorms, floods and disasters in Sekiu
Sekiu isn’t graded for hazard risk: FEMA’s tract figures aren’t matched to Sekiu yet.
What Sekiu 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
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
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 Sekiu flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Sekiu. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Sekiu isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clallam County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Sekiu
Disasters that paid out in Sekiu itself (aid to households or repair grants to Sekiu), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2009Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding4 households applied for aid$10K aid approved
- 2007Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides6 households applied for aid$11K aid approved
- 2003Severe Storms and Flooding3 households applied for aid$10K aid approved
Clallam County has had 25 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.
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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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Strong shaking or a sudden drop in the sea means head for high ground now.
- Learn the tsunami route signs near the shore.
- Stay away until officials say it’s safe.
- 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 Sekiu
Is Sekiu 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 Clallam County, 0.8% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Sekiu?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Sekiu’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 Sekiu?
By FEMA money that reached Sekiu, Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (2007): 6 households applied for aid, $11K approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Sekiu.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Sekiu’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.