Natural hazards · Belpre

Belpre, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belpre comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2018. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Belpre?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belpre to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Belpre faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% 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 Belpre flood?

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

3paid claims since 2018

$83Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Belpre 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 Belpre

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BelpreDeclared for Washington County only

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$28K to the Township of Belpre for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$71K to the Township of Belpre for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$7K to the Township of Belpre for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$29K to the Township of Belpre for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$4K to the Township of Belpre for repairs

Washington County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Belpre

Belpre and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Washingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Troymostly inland floodingHigh

Belpremostly inland floodingHigh

Dunhammostly inland floodingHigh

Belpremostly inland floodingLow

Decaturmostly 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. Belpre covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Belpre’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Belpre. 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 Belpre total about $1.1M 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.