Natural hazards · West Scio

West Scio, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Scio comes from earthquakes, 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 West Scio?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Scio to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding46%Everything else6%

By hazard

What West Scio faces

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

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 West Scio flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Linn County.

Disasters that hit West Scio

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West ScioDeclared for Linn County only

Linn County has had 18 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. West Scio 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 West Scio’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to West Scio. 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.