Natural hazards · Middleport

Middleport, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Middleport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Middleport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Middleport to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Middleport faces

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

Inland flooding

93% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Middleport flood?

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

7paid claims since 1978

$16Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 2 claims, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Meigs County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Middleport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MiddleportDeclared for Meigs County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$6K to the Village of Middleport for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Village of Middleport for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

39 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $38K to the Village of Middleport for repairs

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

Around Middleport

Middleport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Middleportmostly inland floodingVery high

Salisburymostly inland floodingVery high

Pomeroymostly inland floodingVery high

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. Middleport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Middleport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Middleport. 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 Middleport total about $3.1M 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.