Natural hazards · Yamhill

Yamhill, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Yamhill comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1996. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Yamhill?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Yamhill to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes50%Inland flooding42%Heat waves5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Yamhill faces

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

Earthquakes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Yamhill flood?

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

1paid claims since 1996

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Yamhill 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 Yamhill

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YamhillDeclared for Yamhill County only

2008

Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow

$6K to the City of Yamhill for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $2K to the City of Yamhill for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the City of Yamhill for repairs

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