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Ironton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ironton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Ironton?

85
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ironton to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Heat waves8%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Ironton 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 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ironton flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978
$9Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $2K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Ironton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lawrence County.
Disasters that hit Ironton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IrontonDeclared for Lawrence County only
2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$21K to the City of Ironton for repairs
2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$51K to the City of Ironton for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$199K to the City of Ironton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $22K aid approved
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

96 households applied for aid $68K aid approved $17K to the City of Ironton for repairs
Lawrence County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Ironton

Ironton and the towns around it

Upper: Very high, mostly inland floodingCoal Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRussell: High, mostly inland floodingHanging Rock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestwood: High, mostly inland floodingPerry: High, mostly inland floodingElizabeth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLawrence: High, mostly inland floodingFlatwoods: Low, mostly inland floodingBellefonte: High, mostly inland floodingGreenup: Very high, mostly inland floodingAshland: Low, mostly inland floodingIronton: Very high, mostly inland flooding IrontonUpperCoal GroveRussellHanging RockHamiltonWestwood
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Irontonmostly inland floodingVery high
Uppermostly inland floodingVery high
Westwoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Russellmostly inland floodingHigh
Coal Grovemostly inland floodingModerate
Hanging Rockmostly inland floodingModerate
Hamiltonmostly 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. Ironton covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ironton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ironton. 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 Ironton total about $5.9M 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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