Natural hazards · Amity

Amity, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Amity comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2021. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Amity?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Amity to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes63%Inland flooding29%Heat waves6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Amity faces

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

Earthquakes

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Amity flood?

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

1paid claims since 2021

$12Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20212026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yamhill County.

Disasters that hit Amity

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AmityDeclared for Yamhill County only

2021

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the City of Amity for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$851 to the City of Amity for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$7K to the City of Amity for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$134K to the City of Amity for repairs

Yamhill County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Amity is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.