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Fearing, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fearing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1994. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Fearing?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fearing to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Fearing faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 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 Fearing flood?

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

32paid claims since 1994
$647Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19942026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 10 claims, $365K
  • Late winter storms: 1 claim, $11K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Fearing isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.
Disasters that hit Fearing

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FearingDeclared for Washington County only
2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$160K to the Township of Fearing for repairs
2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$222K to the Township of Fearing for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$3K to the Township of Fearing for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Fearing for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$11K to the Township of Fearing for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$52K to the Township of Fearing for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$109K to the Township of Fearing for repairs
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of Fearing for repairs
Washington County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Fearing

Fearing and the towns around it

Marietta: High, mostly inland floodingMuskingum: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLawrence: Very high, mostly inland floodingSalem: Very high, mostly inland floodingMarietta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very low, mostly inland floodingWilliamstown: High, mostly inland floodingAdams: Very high, mostly inland floodingWatertown: High, mostly inland floodingNewport: Very high, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very high, mostly inland floodingIndependence: Very high, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Low, mostly inland floodingAurelius: Very high, mostly inland floodingReno: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFearing: High, mostly inland flooding FearingMariettaMuskingumLawrenceSalemMarietta
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Salemmostly inland floodingVery high
Lawrencemostly inland floodingVery high
Mariettamostly inland floodingHigh
Fearingmostly inland floodingHigh
Muskingummostly inland floodingModerate
Mariettamostly 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. Fearing covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fearing’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Fearing. 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 Fearing total about $1.4M 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.

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