Tillamook County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Tillamook County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Tsunamis

1. Places where NOAA's Global Historical Tsunami Database records a tsunami's water arriving, with the greatest height it reached above sea level at the time. Only tsunamis NOAA rates probable or definite are counted. Heights from eyewitness accounts and tide gauges are mixed, and older events are less completely recorded.

NOAA NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Volcanoes within 100 miles

1. U.S. volcanoes within 100 miles, from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. The threat category is the USGS 2018 National Volcanic Threat Assessment, which ranks volcanoes by how hazardous their past eruptions were and how many people and how much infrastructure lie near them. It is not a forecast of eruption.

USGS Volcano Hazards Program, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by OR DOGAMI (9,396), NASA (105), West Coast Slow Moving (Yuankun and others, 2021) (1).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Dec 2, 2007Flood$26.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Wilson River at Tillamook reached major flood levels. Many homes and businesses were damaged by flood waters. A trailer park was evacuated, which sustained significant property damage. NOTE: Damage estimates are for the entire county of Tillamook.

2. Nov 6, 2006Flood$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Wilson River near Tillamook crested at 22.8 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 12.0 feet and major flood stage at 19.0 feet. This set a record flood stage for the gauge, and caused major flooding problems for the city of Tillamook, down river from the gauge.

3. Nov 13, 2008Flood$3.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Flooding due to heavy rain in the Coast Range caused multiple closures along Hwy. 101 north of and inside downtown Tillamook. The flooding also affected local businesses along the highway, where flood waters in some places were near two feet high. NOTE: Damage estimate is for the entire Tillamook county.

4. Nov 6, 2006Flood$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Nehalem River near Foss crested at 19.8 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 13.5 feet.

5. Oct 14, 2016Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   NWS Storm Survey Team confirmed a EF-2 Tornado went through Manzanita, with estimated peak winds of 125-130 mph. Tornado started as a waterspout over the Pacific Ocean and came onshore near Treasure Cove Lane and continued northeast through Manzanita.

6. Dec 17, 2015Flood$461,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   High water resulted in the closing of several roads near Tillamook including Highway the Oregon State Route 6 near the Highway 101 intersection.

7. Dec 7, 2015Flood$241,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Wilson River near Tillamook, The Trask River near Tillamook, and The Nehalem River near Foss exceeded flood stage. high water from these rivers resulted in the closure of several roads including Highway 101.

8. Dec 7, 2015Heavy Rain$220,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain resulted in urban flooding and several landslides throughout Tillamook County.

9. Dec 5, 2023Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A strong atmospheric river brought heavy rains to the north Oregon coast on Dec 5th. Tillamook County EM reported Kilchis River just north of Tillamook had minor flooding. The Wilson River at Tillamook also remained in minor flood stage during a 30-hour period, cresting at 16.07 feet at 330 pm on December 5th. Flood stage is 12.0 feet. The Trask River also rose above minor flood stage, cresting at 17.0 feet at 10 pm on December 5th. Flood stage is 16.5 feet. Rockaway Beach in southern Tillamook County had localized flooding due to heavy rain. Manzanita in northern Tillamook County had a power outage probably due to downed trees on power lines. Miami Foley Road was washed out which…

10. Nov 12, 2021Flood$60,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The Trask River near Tillamook (TRAO3) rose above flood stage of 16.5 feet on the morning of the 12th, crested at 16.9 feet at 1145PST on the 12th, then fell below flood stage on the afternoon of the 12th. Fifty people were evacuated from a RV park in Neskowin after the Neskowin Creek rose above its banks.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

98°F2 times, most recently Sep 4, 1955

All-time low

8°FJan 31, 1950

Warmest night

73°FMay 16, 2008

Coldest day

24°FDec 22, 1990

Wettest day

6.50 inJan 28, 1965

Snowiest day

11.7 inJan 21, 1943

Hottest year

2014mean 55.1°F

Coldest year

1948mean 49.8°F

Wettest year

1971113.53 in

Driest year

194455.53 in

Snowiest season

21.7 in1968-69

Station Cloverdale (USC00351682), 12 ft elevation, 18.4 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1940 to September 30, 2026; 93.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00351682.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Tsunamis NOAA NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database.
• Volcanoes USGS Volcano Hazards Program, U.S. volcanoes and 2018 threat assessment.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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