Natural hazards · Batesville

Batesville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Batesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Batesville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Batesville to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Tornadoes8%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Batesville faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 26 years in the area

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 Batesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Noble County.

Disasters that hit Batesville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BatesvilleDeclared for Noble County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Village of Batesville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$3K to the Village of Batesville for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$900 to the Village of Batesville for repairs

Noble County has had 14 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. Batesville 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 Batesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Batesville. 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.