Neotsu’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neotsu comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Neotsu’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
Does Neotsu flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Neotsu. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Neotsu 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.How exposed is Neotsu?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.
Rated higher than 414 of the 425 Oregon towns we cover.
Neotsu is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
What Neotsu faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Earthquakes
1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Neotsu
Disasters that paid out in Neotsu itself (aid to households or repair grants to Neotsu) and its biggest flood years.
- 2020Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds11 households applied for aid
Lincoln County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Keep a shovel, a blanket and snacks in the car.
- Clear snow from furnace and dryer vents.
- Check on older neighbors when the power goes out.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Neotsu and its neighbors
How storm and flood risk compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neotsu | Very high | inland flooding | 0 |
| Lincoln City | High | earthquakes | 44 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in December–February
The month each of Lincoln County’s 20 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Neotsu’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Neotsu.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Neotsu.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.