Natural hazards · Blanchester

Blanchester, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blanchester comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2012. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blanchester?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blanchester to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes15%Strong wind7%Earthquakes7%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Blanchester faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Blanchester flood?

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

3paid claims since 2012

$49Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20122026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clinton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Blanchester

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlanchesterDeclared for Clinton County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$59K to the Village of Blanchester for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$5K to the Village of Blanchester for repairs

Clinton County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Blanchester covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Blanchester’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Blanchester. 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 Blanchester total about $1.2M 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.