Natural hazards · Clatskanie

Clatskanie, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clatskanie comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1996. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clatskanie?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clatskanie to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes43%Inland flooding39%Heat waves9%Coastal flooding6%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Clatskanie faces

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

Earthquakes

43% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Clatskanie flood?

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

11paid claims since 1996

$1.0Mpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 2 claims, $267K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbia County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Clatskanie

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClatskanieDeclared for Columbia County only

2015

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

$48K to the City of Clatskanie for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$14K to the City of Clatskanie for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

110 households applied for aid $429K aid approved $112K to the City of Clatskanie for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$1K to the City of Clatskanie for repairs

Columbia County has had 14 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. Clatskanie 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 Clatskanie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clatskanie. 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.

Clatskanie, OR natural hazards

How exposed is Clatskanie?

What Clatskanie faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Coastal flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Clatskanie flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

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