Natural hazards · Aberdeen

Aberdeen, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aberdeen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aberdeen?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aberdeen to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Aberdeen faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

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 Aberdeen flood?

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

17paid claims since 1978

$245Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 2 claims, $1K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

43flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Aberdeen

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AberdeenDeclared for Brown County only

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$5K to the Village of Aberdeen for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$62K to the Village of Aberdeen for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Village of Aberdeen for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$803 to the Village of Aberdeen for repairs

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Aberdeen

Aberdeen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Aberdeenmostly inland floodingVery high

Huntingtonmostly inland floodingVery high

Maysvillemostly inland floodingHigh

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