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Disaster risk in Spokane

Spokane ranks T#23 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 83 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 84th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Washington.

resilience score
83
Very Fun
National rank
T#23 of 134
In Washington
#1 of 2
Percentile
84th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Spokane sits 33 points above 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 Spokane

  1. #21 Sioux Falls, SD 85
  2. #22 Durham, NC 84
  3. T#23 Spokane, WA — this page 83
  4. #25 Boulder, CO 82
  5. #26 Lincoln, NE 81

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 Spokane

Spokane scores 63 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: