Natural hazards · King

King, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in King comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 King?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in King to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding47%Earthquakes46%Everything else6%

By hazard

What King faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

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 King flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit King

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingDeclared for Washington County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $6K aid approved

Washington County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around King

King and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

King Citymostly inland floodingVery high

Tigardmostly earthquakesHigh

Tualatinmostly earthquakesModerate

Bull Mountainmostly 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. King covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to King’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of King. 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 King total about $3.3M 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.