Natural hazards · Jamestown

Jamestown, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jamestown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jamestown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jamestown to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves22%Tornadoes10%Earthquakes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Jamestown faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 57 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Jamestown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Jamestown

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JamestownDeclared for Greene County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

5 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$18K to the Village of Jamestown for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$3K to the Village of Jamestown for repairs

2004

Snow

$1K to the Village of Jamestown for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$4K to the Village of Jamestown for repairs

Greene County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Jamestown 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 Jamestown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Jamestown. 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.