Natural hazards · Newport

Newport, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newport to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes81%Inland flooding12%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Newport faces

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

Earthquakes

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDroughtAvalanches

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 Newport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Newport 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Newport

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for Lincoln County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$11K to the City of Newport for repairs

2024

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Landslides, and Mudslides

$296K to the City of Newport for repairs

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

25 households applied for aid $500 aid approved

2015

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$121K to the City of Newport for repairs

2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$240K to the City of Newport for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Mudslides, Landslides, and Debris Flows

$497K to the City of Newport for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$19K to the City of Newport for repairs

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. Newport covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newport. 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 Newport total about $6.7M 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.