Natural hazards · Rockcreek

Rockcreek, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockcreek comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1996.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockcreek?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes63%Inland flooding27%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Rockcreek faces

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

Earthquakes

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Rockcreek flood?

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

7paid claims since 1996

$96Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 1 claim, $26K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Rockcreek

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockcreekDeclared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Rockcreek

Rockcreek and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rockcreekmostly earthquakesHigh

Hillsboromostly earthquakesHigh

Beavertonmostly earthquakesModerate

Oak Hillsmostly earthquakesModerate

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. Rockcreek covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rockcreek’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rockcreek. 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 Rockcreek total about $4.4M 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.