Natural hazards · Circleville

Circleville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Circleville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 19 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Circleville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Circleville to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Tornadoes8%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Circleville faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% 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 Circleville flood?

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

19paid claims since 1979

$317Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

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. Circleville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Pickaway County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Circleville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CirclevilleDeclared for Pickaway County only

2019

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

22 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$10K to the City of Circleville for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$28K to the City of Circleville for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

36 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $41K to the City of Circleville for repairs

Pickaway County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Circleville

Circleville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Circlevillemostly inland floodingModerate

Logan Elm Villagemostly inland floodingLow

Washingtonmostly 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. Circleville covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Circleville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Circleville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Circleville total about $2.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.