Natural hazards · Lafferty

Lafferty, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lafferty comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lafferty?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lafferty to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Tornadoes8%Lightning7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Lafferty faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

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

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 Lafferty flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lafferty 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 Lafferty

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LaffertyDeclared for Belmont County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Lafferty

Lafferty and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Laffertymostly inland floodingVery low

Unionmostly 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. Lafferty 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 Lafferty’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lafferty. 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.