Natural hazards · Canby

Canby, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canby comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canby?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canby to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes71%Inland flooding20%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Canby faces

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

Earthquakes

71% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% 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 Canby flood?

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

1paid claims since 1980

$711paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clackamas County.

Disasters that hit Canby

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanbyDeclared for Clackamas County only

2021

Severe Winter Storm

$228K to the City of Canby for repairs

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

48 households applied for aid $500 aid approved

Clackamas County has had 18 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. Canby covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Canby’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Canby. 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 Canby total about $6.8M 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.