Natural hazards · Chauncey

Chauncey, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chauncey comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 55 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chauncey?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chauncey to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Chauncey faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% 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 Chauncey flood?

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

55paid claims since 1979

$496Kpaid to owners

9homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

March storm: 6 claims, $47K
Not a named storm: 6 claims, $13K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $2K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Athens County.

Disasters that hit Chauncey

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChaunceyDeclared for Athens County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

30 households applied for aid $82K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

Athens County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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