Natural hazards · Minford

Minford, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Minford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Minford?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Minford to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding67%Heat waves16%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Minford faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Minford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scioto County.

Disasters that hit Minford

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MinfordDeclared for Scioto County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

76 households applied for aid $79K aid approved

Scioto County has had 15 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. Minford 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 Minford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Minford. 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.