Natural hazards · Powers

Powers, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Powers comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2015. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Powers?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Powers to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding60%Earthquakes38%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Powers faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Powers flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Powers, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2015

$964paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Coos County.

Disasters that hit Powers

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PowersDeclared for Coos County only

2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$20K to the City of Powers for repairs

Coos County has had 17 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. Powers 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 Powers’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Powers. 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.