Natural hazards · Ochoco West

Ochoco West, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ochoco West comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ochoco West?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ochoco West to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding42%Wildfire38%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Ochoco West faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Wildfire

38% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Ochoco West flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crook County.

Disasters that hit Ochoco West

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Ochoco WestDeclared for Crook County only

Crook County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Ochoco West 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 Ochoco West’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ochoco West. 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.