Natural hazards · Lebanon

Lebanon, OR natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lebanon to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding51%Earthquakes37%Heat waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Lebanon faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% 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 windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Lebanon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Linn County.

Disasters that hit Lebanon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LebanonDeclared for Linn County only

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

64 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$93K to the City of Lebanon for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Storm With High Winds

$12K to the City of Lebanon for repairs

Linn 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. Lebanon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lebanon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lebanon. 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 Lebanon total about $2.0M 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.