Natural hazards · Rickreall

Rickreall, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rickreall comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is 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 Rickreall?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rickreall to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes55%Inland flooding37%Heat waves7%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Rickreall faces

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

Earthquakes

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Rickreall flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Polk County.

Disasters that hit Rickreall

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RickreallDeclared for Polk County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

Polk County has had 13 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. Rickreall 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 Rickreall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rickreall. 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.