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Disaster risk in Seattle

Seattle ranks #115 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 15 — Quiet. That puts it in the 15th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Washington.

resilience score
15
Quiet
National rank
#115 of 134
In Washington
#2 of 2
Percentile
15th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Seattle sits 35 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Seattle

  1. T#112 Garland, TX 16
  2. T#112 Irving, TX 16
  3. #115 Seattle, WA — this page 15
  4. T#116 San Diego, CA 14
  5. T#116 San Jose, CA 14

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Seattle

Seattle scores 100 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: