Natural hazards · Meigsville

Meigsville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meigsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 64 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meigsville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meigsville to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Meigsville faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Meigsville flood?

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

64paid claims since 1980

$969Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

March storm: 3 claims, $35K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $62K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Morgan County.

Disasters that hit Meigsville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MeigsvilleDeclared for Morgan County only

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$23K to the Township of Meigsville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Township of Meigsville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$55K to the Township of Meigsville for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$24K to the Township of Meigsville for repairs

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

Around Meigsville

Meigsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Meigsvillemostly inland floodingVery high

Windsormostly inland floodingVery high

Centermostly inland floodingVery high

Bristolmostly inland floodingVery high

Morganmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Meigsville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Meigsville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Meigsville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Meigsville total about $1.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.