Natural hazards · Pistol River

Pistol River, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pistol River comes from tsunamis, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pistol River?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pistol River to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and earthquakes.

Tsunamis58%Earthquakes31%Inland flooding10%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Pistol River faces

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

Tsunamis

58% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesDroughtVolcanic activity

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 Pistol River flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Curry County.

Disasters that hit Pistol River

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Curry County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pistol River itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Pistol RiverDeclared for Curry County only

Curry County has had 14 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. Pistol River 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 Pistol River’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pistol River. 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.