Natural hazards · Warren

Warren, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warren comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1987. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Warren?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warren to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes50%Inland flooding35%Heat waves12%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Warren faces

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

Earthquakes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 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 Warren flood?

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

4paid claims since 1987

$35Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19872026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbia County.

Disasters that hit Warren

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WarrenDeclared for Columbia County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

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. Warren covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Warren’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Warren. 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 Warren total about $3.5M 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.