Natural hazards · Flushing

Flushing, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Flushing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2004. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Flushing?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Flushing to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Lightning7%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Flushing faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 65 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Flushing flood?

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

5paid claims since 2004

$51Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $32K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Belmont County.

Disasters that hit Flushing

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FlushingDeclared for Belmont County only

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$3K to the Township of Flushing for repairs

Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Flushing

Flushing and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Moorefieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Londonderrymostly inland floodingModerate

Flushingmostly inland floodingLow

Wheelingmostly inland floodingLow

Kirkwoodmostly 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. Flushing covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Flushing’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Flushing. 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 Flushing total about $906K 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.