Natural hazards · Blue Rock

Blue Rock, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blue Rock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Blue Rock?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue Rock to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Blue Rock faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% 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 Blue Rock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Muskingum County.

Disasters that hit Blue Rock

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Blue RockDeclared for Muskingum County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

2 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

38 households applied for aid $127K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

Muskingum County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Blue Rock

Blue Rock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bloommostly inland floodingVery high

Harrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

Blue Rockmostly inland floodingHigh

Meigsmostly inland floodingHigh

Salt Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

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