Blaine Washington sits on the US-Canada border at the Peace Arch crossing — one of the busiest US-Canada border crossings on the Pacific Coast. Whatcom County is the northern terminus of several major oil and gas pipelines running from Canadian oil sands through the Pacific Northwest. The Trans Mountain Pipeline, the Express Pipeline, and the Cochin Pipeline all transit the region. Whatcom County experienced a serious pipeline incident in 1999 when an Olympic Pipe Line rupture killed three people and released 237,000 gallons of gasoline into Whatcom Creek in Bellingham. The region also sits in a seismically active zone near the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
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// Risk Intelligence
| Threat Score | 6 / 10 Moderate |
| Primary Hazard | Border Security / Pipeline / Earthquake |
| FEMA Flood Zone | Zone X (Seismic High Risk) |
| County FEMA Declarations | 36 |
| Last Major Event | Mount Baker Activity (2022) |
// Emergency Information
| Emergency Phone | 360-332-8151 |
| Evacuation Routes | I-5 North, SR-542 East, SR-9 South, US-2 East |
| Elevation | 32 ft above sea level |