Natural hazards · Byrd

Byrd, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Byrd comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Byrd?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Byrd to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Byrd faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Byrd flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Byrd

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ByrdDeclared for Brown County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Township of Byrd for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$18K to the Township of Byrd for repairs

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Byrd

Byrd and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Unionmostly inland floodingVery high

Byrdmostly inland floodingVery high

Huntingtonmostly inland floodingVery high

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingModerate

Jacksonmostly inland floodingModerate

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