Natural hazards · Fairview

Fairview, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairview comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1996. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fairview?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairview to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes70%Inland flooding22%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Fairview faces

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

Earthquakes

70% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years 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 Fairview flood?

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

2paid claims since 1996

$13Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Multnomah County.

Disasters that hit Fairview

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FairviewDeclared for Multnomah County only

2024

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

$36K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$2K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Fairview for repairs

Multnomah County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Fairview

Fairview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wood Villagemostly earthquakesHigh

Troutdalemostly earthquakesHigh

Greshammostly earthquakesModerate

Fairviewmostly earthquakesModerate

Camasmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Fairview covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fairview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fairview. 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 Fairview total about $1.5M 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.