Natural hazards · Meacham

Meacham, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meacham 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 Meacham?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meacham to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding52%Wildfire33%Cold waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Meacham faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

33% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 Meacham flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Umatilla County.

Disasters that hit Meacham

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MeachamDeclared for Umatilla County only

2020

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Umatilla County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Meacham 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 Meacham’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Meacham. 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.