Natural hazards · Dundee

Dundee, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dundee comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1997. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dundee?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dundee to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes67%Inland flooding23%Heat waves7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Dundee 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 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Dundee flood?

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

2paid claims since 1997

$18Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yamhill County.

Disasters that hit Dundee

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DundeeDeclared for Yamhill County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$2K to the City of Dundee for repairs

Yamhill County has had 17 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. Dundee 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 Dundee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dundee. 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.