Natural hazards · Bearfield

Bearfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bearfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bearfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bearfield to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Bearfield faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Bearfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Perry County.

Disasters that hit Bearfield

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BearfieldDeclared for Perry County only

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$17K to the Township of Bearfield for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$14K to the Township of Bearfield for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$93K to the Township of Bearfield for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$7K to the Township of Bearfield for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of Bearfield for repairs

Perry County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Bearfield

Bearfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Harrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

Deerfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Yorkmostly inland floodingModerate

Bearfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Pleasantmostly inland floodingModerate

Monroemostly inland floodingModerate

Pikemostly 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. Bearfield 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 Bearfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bearfield. 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.