Natural hazards · Weston

Weston, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1996. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weston?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weston to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding42%Wildfire29%Cold waves13%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Weston faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Weston flood?

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

5paid claims since 1996

$28Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Weston 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.

Disasters that hit Weston

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestonDeclared for Umatilla County only

2020

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $27K to the City of Weston for repairs

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$154K to the City of Weston 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. Weston 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 Weston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Weston. 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.

Weston, OR natural hazards

How exposed is Weston?

What Weston faces

Inland flooding

Wildfire

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Weston flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

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