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Aurelius, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aurelius comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Aurelius?

83
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aurelius to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Aurelius faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 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 Aurelius flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Aurelius isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.
Disasters that hit Aurelius

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AureliusDeclared for Washington County only
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$1K to the Township of Aurelius for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$21K to the Township of Aurelius for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$5K to the Township of Aurelius for repairs
Washington County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Aurelius

Aurelius and the towns around it

Jefferson: Low, mostly inland floodingJackson: Low, mostly inland floodingSalem: Very high, mostly inland floodingEnoch: Low, mostly inland floodingElk: Low, mostly inland floodingStock: Low, mostly inland floodingAdams: Very high, mostly inland floodingCenter: Very high, mostly inland floodingMuskingum: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very high, mostly inland floodingFearing: High, mostly inland floodingAurelius: Very high, mostly inland flooding AureliusJeffersonJacksonSalem
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Aureliusmostly inland floodingVery high
Salemmostly inland floodingVery high
Jeffersonmostly inland floodingLow
Jacksonmostly 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. Aurelius 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 Aurelius’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Aurelius. 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.

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