Natural hazards · Estacada

Estacada, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Estacada comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Estacada?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Estacada to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and inland flooding.

Avalanches43%Inland flooding28%Earthquakes13%Cold waves8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Estacada faces

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

Avalanches

43% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Estacada flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Estacada 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 Estacada

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EstacadaDeclared for Clackamas County only

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

413 households applied for aid $390K aid approved $32K to the City of Estacada for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$6K to the City of Estacada for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$19K to the City of Estacada for repairs

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. Estacada 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 Estacada’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Estacada. 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.