Natural hazards · Scappoose

Scappoose, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scappoose comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1987. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scappoose?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scappoose to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes51%Inland flooding31%Heat waves13%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Scappoose faces

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

Earthquakes

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Scappoose flood?

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

17paid claims since 1987

$123Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19872026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 2 claims, $19K

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

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Scappoose is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Columbia County.

Disasters that hit Scappoose

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScappooseDeclared for Columbia County only

2015

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

$159K to the City of Scappoose for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

13 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $2K to the City of Scappoose for repairs

Columbia County has had 14 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. Scappoose 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 Scappoose’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Scappoose. 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.