Natural hazards · Lincoln Beach

Lincoln Beach, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lincoln Beach comes from tsunamis, 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 Lincoln Beach?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lincoln Beach to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and inland flooding.

Tsunamis44%Inland flooding32%Earthquakes20%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Lincoln Beach faces

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

Tsunamis

44% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Hurricanes

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 Lincoln Beach flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Lincoln Beach

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Lincoln Beach itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Lincoln Beach.

Brought FEMA money into Lincoln BeachDeclared for Lincoln County only

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Lincoln County has had 20 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. Lincoln Beach 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 Lincoln Beach’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lincoln Beach. 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.