Natural hazards · Bidwell

Bidwell, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bidwell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bidwell?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding77%Heat waves13%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Bidwell faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Bidwell flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gallia County.

Disasters that hit Bidwell

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BidwellDeclared for Gallia County only

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

46 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

Gallia County has had 13 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. Bidwell 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 Bidwell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bidwell. 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.