Natural hazards · Ashville

Ashville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ashville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ashville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ashville to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Tornadoes6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Ashville 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 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Ashville flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Ashville.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pickaway County.

Disasters that hit Ashville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AshvilleDeclared for Pickaway County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$10K to the Village of Ashville for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$14K to the Village of Ashville for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

33 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $32K to the Village of Ashville for repairs

Pickaway County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Ashville

Ashville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ashvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Harrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

Walnutmostly inland floodingModerate

South Bloomfieldmostly inland floodingLow

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