Natural hazards · Wedderburn

Wedderburn, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wedderburn comes from tsunamis, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wedderburn?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wedderburn to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and earthquakes.

Tsunamis53%Earthquakes23%Inland flooding21%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Wedderburn faces

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

Tsunamis

53% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

HurricanesCold wavesDroughtVolcanic activity

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 Wedderburn flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Wedderburn.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Curry County.

Disasters that hit Wedderburn

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Curry County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wedderburn itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WedderburnDeclared for Curry County only

Curry 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. Wedderburn 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 Wedderburn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wedderburn. 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.