Water Damage Restoration in Washougal, WA

Washougal was platted in 1880 and incorporated in 1908, and for a century its economy was the woolen mill that opened in 1910 and became Pendleton's. The old town sits on the flat between the Washougal River and the Columbia, in 1910s to 1950s houses on crawl spaces. Then the city grew by more than half between 1999 and 2009, and the new subdivisions climbed the bluffs above the river and spread east along SR-14 toward Cape Horn, on slopes that hold water all winter.

The Washougal River runs 33 miles down from the Gifford Pinchot forest and through the west half of town, and its recorded peak came in the December 1977 flood. The Columbia lowlands east of town sit behind levees.

This site connects Washougal homeowners with an independent local water damage provider by phone. In Washougal the provider sees the house before any scope gets written.

Washougal water damage, on the flat and on the bluff

A 1920s house near the old mill with water under the floor is a crawl space water extraction call, and the crew will want to know whether it came from a pipe or up through the dirt. A house on the bluff above the river with a garage full of muddy runoff is a flood cleanup job, because hillside water carries what the yard carried. A ceiling stained after a Gorge windstorm lifted shingles on the exposed side is roof leak water damage work once the roofer has been up.

The city desk and the port that run Washougal's waterfront

Rebuild permits inside the city go through the City of Washougal, which is also in the middle of replacing its water meters with an automated system, so the meter box by the street may look new. The Port of Camas-Washougal runs the marina and the industrial park on the Columbia flat, the low ground that the 1996 flood reminded everyone about.

Call (360) 226-7395 and tell us what you found. We route you to an independent local water damage provider working in Washougal.