Natural hazards · McArthur

McArthur, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McArthur comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McArthur?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding76%Tornadoes6%Heat waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What McArthur faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 40 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 McArthur flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vinton County.

Disasters that hit McArthur

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McArthurDeclared for Vinton County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$18K to the Village of McArthur for repairs

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

$3K to the Village of McArthur for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$9K to the Village of McArthur for repairs

Vinton County has had 13 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. McArthur 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 McArthur’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of McArthur. 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.