Natural hazards · Oakridge

Oakridge, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oakridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Oakridge?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oakridge to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Earthquakes6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Oakridge faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Oakridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lane County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Oakridge

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OakridgeDeclared for Lane County only

2024

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

$20K to the City of Oakridge for repairs

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

9 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2019

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$43K to the City of Oakridge for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the City of Oakridge for repairs

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