Natural hazards · River Point

River Point, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in River Point comes from earthquakes, 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 River Point?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in River Point to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes55%Inland flooding23%Coastal flooding20%Everything else3%

By hazard

What River Point 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 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Coastal flooding

20% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDrought

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 River Point flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clatsop County.

Disasters that hit River Point

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into River PointDeclared for Clatsop County only

Clatsop County has had 16 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. River Point 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 River Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to River Point. 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.