Natural hazards · Hocking

Hocking, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hocking comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hocking?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hocking to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes10%Heat waves8%Everything else24%

By hazard

What Hocking faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Hocking flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979

$10Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fairfield County.

Disasters that hit Hocking

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HockingDeclared for Fairfield County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$7K to the Township of Hocking for repairs

Fairfield County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Hocking

Hocking and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bernemostly inland floodingModerate

Lancastermostly inland floodingModerate

Madisonmostly inland floodingVery low

Hockingmostly inland floodingVery low

Amandamostly 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. Hocking covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

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