Natural hazards · Redmond

Redmond, OR natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Redmond?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Redmond to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding46%Wildfire31%Cold waves8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Redmond faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Redmond flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Deschutes County.

Disasters that hit Redmond

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RedmondDeclared for Deschutes County only

Deschutes County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Redmond covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Redmond’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Redmond. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Redmond total about $4.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.