Natural hazards · Beaverton

Beaverton, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaverton comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beaverton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaverton to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes67%Inland flooding23%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Beaverton faces

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

Earthquakes

67% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Beaverton flood?

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

31paid claims since 1980

$447Kpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 3 claims, $25K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Beaverton 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 Beaverton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeavertonDeclared for Washington County only

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

3 households applied for aid $500 aid approved

2015

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$34K to the City of Beaverton for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$30K to the City of Beaverton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

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

Around Beaverton

Beaverton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tigardmostly earthquakesHigh

Portlandmostly earthquakesHigh

Hillsboromostly earthquakesHigh

Garden Home-Whitfordmostly earthquakesModerate

Alohamostly earthquakesModerate

Metzgermostly earthquakesModerate

Beavertonmostly earthquakesModerate

West Slopemostly earthquakesModerate

Oak Hillsmostly earthquakesModerate

Bull Mountainmostly inland floodingModerate

Cedar Millmostly earthquakesLow

West Haven-Sylvanmostly earthquakesLow

Raleigh Hillsmostly inland floodingLow

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. Beaverton covers 22 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beaverton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Beaverton. 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 Beaverton total about $35.6M 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.