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Natural hazards · Wheeler

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Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wheeler comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wheeler?

93
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes27%Tsunamis15%Coastal flooding7%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Wheeler faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Tsunamis

15% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Coastal flooding

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesDrought
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 Wheeler flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wheeler isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Tillamook County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Wheeler

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WheelerDeclared for Tillamook County only
2024

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Landslides, and Mudslides

$3K to the City of Wheeler for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$28K to the City of Wheeler for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

23 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $40K to the City of Wheeler for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$14K to the City of Wheeler for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$16K to the City of Wheeler for repairs
Tillamook County has had 21 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. Wheeler 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 Wheeler’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wheeler. 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.

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