Natural hazards · Clayton

Clayton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clayton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clayton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clayton to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes9%Drought7%Lightning6%Heat waves5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Clayton 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

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year 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 Clayton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Perry County.

Disasters that hit Clayton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Perry County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Clayton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ClaytonDeclared for Perry County only

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

Around Clayton

Clayton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Harrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

Newtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Madisonmostly inland floodingLow

Pikemostly inland floodingLow

Claytonmostly inland floodingVery low

Readingmostly 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. Clayton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clayton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Clayton. 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 Clayton total about $591K 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.