Natural hazards · Willamina

Willamina, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Willamina comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1998. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Willamina?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Willamina to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding48%Earthquakes47%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Willamina faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

47% of expected damage

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

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 Willamina flood?

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

4paid claims since 1998

$15Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19982026

Biggest named events

Winter storm: 2 claims, $11K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yamhill County.

Disasters that hit Willamina

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WillaminaDeclared for Yamhill County only

2021

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the City of Willamina for repairs

2015

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

$13K to the City of Willamina for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$8K to the City of Willamina for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

Yamhill County has had 17 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. Willamina 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 Willamina’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Willamina. 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.