Natural hazards · Roseburg

Roseburg, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roseburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1980. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Roseburg?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roseburg to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding63%Earthquakes33%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Roseburg faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

33% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis
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 Roseburg flood?

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

30paid claims since 1980
$792Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19802026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Roseburg is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Douglas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

26buildings floodproofed
Disasters that hit Roseburg

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoseburgDeclared for Douglas County only
2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$142K to the City of Roseburg for repairs
2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

7,934 households applied for aid $38K aid approved
2019

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$55K to the City of Roseburg for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$381K to the City of Roseburg for repairs
2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$379K to the City of Roseburg for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$36K to the City of Roseburg for repairs
Douglas County has had 23 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. Roseburg covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Roseburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Roseburg. 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 Roseburg total about $5.3M 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.

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