Natural hazards · Rhododendron

Rhododendron, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rhododendron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rhododendron?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rhododendron to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding45%Avalanches29%Wildfire12%Earthquakes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Rhododendron faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Avalanches

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic 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 Rhododendron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clackamas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

12flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Rhododendron

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RhododendronDeclared for Clackamas County only

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

5 households applied for aid

Clackamas County has had 18 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. Rhododendron 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 Rhododendron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rhododendron. 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.