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Natural hazards · Glencoe

Glencoe, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glencoe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Glencoe?

62
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glencoe to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Glencoe 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 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 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 Glencoe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Glencoe 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 Glencoe

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlencoeDeclared for Belmont County only
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

56 households applied for aid $483K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Glencoe

Glencoe and the towns around it

Richland: Very low, mostly inland floodingSmith: High, mostly inland floodingColerain: Very high, mostly inland floodingPultney: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: Very low, mostly inland floodingMead: High, mostly inland floodingWheeling: Low, mostly inland floodingNeffs: High, mostly inland floodingPease: Very high, mostly inland floodingGoshen: Very low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Very high, mostly inland floodingGlencoe: High, mostly inland flooding GlencoeRichlandSmith
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Smithmostly inland floodingHigh
Glencoemostly inland floodingHigh
Richlandmostly 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. Glencoe 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 Glencoe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Glencoe. 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.

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