Natural hazards · Silverton

Silverton, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Silverton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1996. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Silverton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Silverton to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding54%Earthquakes30%Heat waves9%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Silverton faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Silverton flood?

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

12paid claims since 1996

$70Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Silverton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SilvertonDeclared for Marion County only

2021

Severe Winter Storm

$251K to the City of Silverton for repairs

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

52 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$16K to the City of Silverton for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storms

$7K to the City of Silverton for repairs

Marion County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Silverton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Silverton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Silverton. 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 Silverton total about $1.4M 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.