Natural hazards · North Plains

North Plains, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Plains comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Plains?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Plains to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes43%Everything else7%

By hazard

What North Plains faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 North Plains flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. North Plains 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 North Plains

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into North PlainsDeclared for Washington County only

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$48K to the City of North Plains for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

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

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. North Plains 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 North Plains’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of North Plains. 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.