Natural hazards · Westport

Westport, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Westport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Westport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Westport to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding42%Earthquakes33%Coastal flooding23%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Westport 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

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Coastal flooding

23% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesTsunamis

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 Westport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clatsop County.

Disasters that hit Westport

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestportDeclared for Clatsop County only

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

16 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

Clatsop County has had 16 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. Westport 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 Westport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Westport. 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.