Natural hazards · Bridgeport

Bridgeport, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 35 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeport to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Bridgeport faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bridgeport flood?

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

35paid claims since 1978

$203Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $26K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Belmont County.

Disasters that hit Bridgeport

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeportDeclared for Belmont County only

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$190K to the Village of Bridgeport for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the Village of Bridgeport for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

30 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $80K to the Village of Bridgeport for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

278 households applied for aid $647K aid approved $303K to the Village of Bridgeport for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

7 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $65K to the Village of Bridgeport for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$10K to the Village of Bridgeport for repairs

Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Bridgeport

Bridgeport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Martins Ferrymostly inland floodingVery high

Peasemostly inland floodingVery high

Wheelingmostly inland floodingVery high

Bridgeportmostly inland floodingVery high

Brooksidemostly inland floodingVery high

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. Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bridgeport. 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.