Natural hazards · Springfield

Springfield, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springfield comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1981. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springfield?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springfield to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes49%Inland flooding48%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Springfield faces

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

Earthquakes

49% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Springfield flood?

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

21paid claims since 1981

$396Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19812026

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. Springfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lane County.

Disasters that hit Springfield

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringfieldDeclared for Lane County only

2024

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

$330K to the City of Springfield for repairs

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

232 households applied for aid $66K aid approved $73K to the City of Springfield for repairs

2019

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$163K to the City of Springfield for repairs

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$107K to the City of Springfield for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$101K to the City of Springfield for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Springfield for repairs

Lane County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Springfield

Springfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Springfieldmostly earthquakesVery high

Eugenemostly earthquakesHigh

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. Springfield covers 12 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Springfield. 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 Springfield total about $34.2M 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.