Natural hazards · Augusta

Augusta, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Augusta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2008. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Augusta?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Augusta to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Tornadoes9%Lightning6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Augusta faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Augusta flood?

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

3paid claims since 2008

$67Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carroll County.

Disasters that hit Augusta

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AugustaDeclared for Carroll County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$3K to the Township of Augusta for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$5K to the Township of Augusta for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Augusta for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$13K to the Township of Augusta for repairs

Carroll County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Augusta

Augusta and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brownmostly inland floodingHigh

Westmostly inland floodingModerate

Augustamostly inland floodingLow

Eastmostly inland floodingLow

Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Augusta covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Augusta’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Augusta. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Augusta total about $631K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.