Natural hazards · Aloha

Aloha, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aloha comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1994. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Aloha?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aloha to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes54%Inland flooding31%Heat waves7%Cold waves6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Aloha faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Earthquakes

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Aloha flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Aloha, from FEMA’s records.

17paid claims since 1994

$230Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 2 claims, $32K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Aloha isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Aloha

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Aloha itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Aloha.

Brought FEMA money into AlohaDeclared for Washington County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Washington County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Aloha

Aloha and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hillsboromostly earthquakesHigh

Alohamostly earthquakesModerate

Beavertonmostly earthquakesModerate

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Aloha covers 12 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Aloha’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Aloha. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Aloha total about $17.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.