Natural hazards · Clarksburg

Clarksburg, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarksburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clarksburg?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clarksburg to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Drought12%Lightning7%Heat waves7%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Clarksburg faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Clarksburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ross County.

Disasters that hit Clarksburg

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClarksburgDeclared for Ross County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $316 aid approved $4K to the Village of Clarksburg for repairs

Ross County has had 14 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. Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Clarksburg. 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.