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Natural hazards · Barlow

Barlow, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barlow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barlow?

13
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barlow to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Heat waves7%Drought6%Tornadoes6%Strong wind6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Barlow faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Barlow flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Barlow 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 Barlow

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarlowDeclared for Washington County only
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$4K to the Township of Barlow for repairs
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of Barlow for repairs
Washington County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Barlow

Barlow and the towns around it

Warren: Very low, mostly inland floodingWatertown: High, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingDunham: High, mostly inland floodingPalmer: High, mostly inland floodingMarietta: High, mostly inland floodingBoaz: High, mostly inland floodingMuskingum: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaterford: High, mostly inland floodingAdams: Very high, mostly inland floodingWindsor: Very high, mostly inland floodingWesley: Very low, mostly inland floodingDecatur: Very low, mostly inland floodingBelpre: Low, mostly inland floodingBarlow: Very low, mostly inland flooding BarlowWarrenWatertownFairfieldDunhamPalmer
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Watertownmostly inland floodingHigh
Palmermostly inland floodingHigh
Dunhammostly inland floodingHigh
Barlowmostly inland floodingVery low
Warrenmostly inland floodingVery low
Fairfieldmostly 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. Barlow 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 Barlow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Barlow. 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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