Natural hazards · Laurelville

Laurelville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Laurelville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Laurelville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Laurelville to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Laurelville faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Laurelville flood?

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

2paid claims since 1983

$48Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hocking County.

Disasters that hit Laurelville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LaurelvilleDeclared for Hocking County only

2019

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

23 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$3K to the Village of Laurelville for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Village of Laurelville for repairs

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

Around Laurelville

Laurelville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Laurelvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Perrymostly inland floodingModerate

Saltcreekmostly inland floodingLow

Adelphimostly inland floodingVery low

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