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Disaster risk in Portland

Portland ranks T#87 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 35 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 36th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Oregon.

resilience score
35
Some Fun
National rank
T#87 of 134
In Oregon
#2 of 2
Percentile
36th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Portland sits 15 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Portland

  1. #85 Minneapolis, MN 37
  2. #86 Milwaukee, WI 36
  3. T#87 Portland, OR — this page 35
  4. #89 Stockton, CA 34
  5. #90 Charleston, SC 33

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Portland

Portland scores 81 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: