Natural hazards · Aurora

Aurora, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aurora comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aurora?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aurora to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes78%Inland flooding17%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Aurora faces

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

Earthquakes

78% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Aurora flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Aurora.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Aurora

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AuroraDeclared for Marion County only

2021

Severe Winter Storm

$59K to the City of Aurora for repairs

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

15 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$2K to the City of Aurora for repairs

Marion County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Aurora 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 Aurora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aurora. 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.