Natural hazards · Byesville

Byesville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Byesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 63 claims here since 1980. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Byesville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Byesville to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes8%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Byesville faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Byesville flood?

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

63paid claims since 1980

$1.4Mpaid to owners

15homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (3) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Guernsey County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

2flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Byesville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ByesvilleDeclared for Guernsey County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$17K to the Village of Byesville for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$1K to the Village of Byesville for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

137 households applied for aid $443K aid approved $136K to the Village of Byesville for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$6K to the Village of Byesville for repairs

Guernsey County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Byesville

Byesville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cambridgemostly inland floodingLow

Byesvillemostly inland floodingVery low

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