Natural hazards · Cheshire

Cheshire, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cheshire comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cheshire?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cheshire to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding55%Earthquakes42%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Cheshire faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic activity

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 Cheshire flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lane County.

Disasters that hit Cheshire

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CheshireDeclared for Lane County only

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid

Lane County has had 20 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. Cheshire 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 Cheshire’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cheshire. 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.