Natural hazards · Scio

Scio, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scio comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1996. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scio?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scio to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding46%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Scio faces

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

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 Scio flood?

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

29paid claims since 1996

$589Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19962026

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

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

Insurance rates: Linn County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Scio

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScioDeclared for Linn County only

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

9 households applied for aid

2012

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$3K to the City of Scio for repairs

Linn County has had 18 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. Scio 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 Scio’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Scio. 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.