Natural hazards · Amesville

Amesville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Amesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1997. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Amesville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Amesville to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Amesville faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Amesville flood?

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

21paid claims since 1997

$758Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 7 claims, $217K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Athens County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

8buildings retrofitted against wind

1flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Amesville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AmesvilleDeclared for Athens County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$969 to the Village of Amesville for repairs

Athens County has had 15 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. Amesville 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 Amesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Amesville. 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.