Natural hazards · Little Hocking

Little Hocking, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Little Hocking comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Little Hocking?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Little Hocking to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Little Hocking faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Little Hocking flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Little 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: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Little Hocking

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Little HockingDeclared for Washington County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

Washington County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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