Natural hazards · Stanfield

Stanfield, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanfield to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding44%Cold waves25%Earthquakes11%Heat waves5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Stanfield faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Stanfield flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$83Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Umatilla County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

15flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Stanfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StanfieldDeclared for Umatilla County only

2020

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $125K aid approved $39K to the City of Stanfield for repairs

Umatilla County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Stanfield 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 Stanfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stanfield. 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.