Natural hazards · Yoncalla

Yoncalla, OR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Yoncalla comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2005. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Yoncalla?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Yoncalla to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding43%Earthquakes34%Avalanches19%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Yoncalla faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Avalanches

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic 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 Yoncalla flood?

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

1paid claims since 2005

$21Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit Yoncalla

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YoncallaDeclared for Douglas County only

2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$52K to the City of Yoncalla for repairs

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

49 households applied for aid

Douglas County has had 23 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. Yoncalla 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 Yoncalla’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Yoncalla. 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.