Natural hazards · Lakeside

Lakeside, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lakeside comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1981. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lakeside?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lakeside to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding53%Earthquakes47%

By hazard

What Lakeside faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

47% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamis

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

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 Lakeside flood?

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

4paid claims since 1981

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Coos County.

Disasters that hit Lakeside

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LakesideDeclared for Coos County only

2002

Severe Winter Storm With High Winds

$6K to the City of Lakeside for repairs

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