Natural hazards · Metzger

Metzger, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Metzger comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Metzger?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Metzger to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes62%Inland flooding26%Heat waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Metzger faces

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

Earthquakes

62% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

5% 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 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 Metzger flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Metzger 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 Metzger

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Washington County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Metzger itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MetzgerDeclared for Washington County only

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

Around Metzger

Metzger and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tigardmostly earthquakesHigh

Garden Home-Whitfordmostly earthquakesModerate

Metzgermostly earthquakesModerate

Beavertonmostly earthquakesModerate

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. Metzger covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Metzger’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Metzger. 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 Metzger total about $2.2M 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.