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Mingo Junction, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mingo Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mingo Junction?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mingo Junction to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Mingo Junction faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mingo Junction flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979
$145Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 3 claims, $85K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $90
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mingo Junction isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Jefferson County.
Disasters that hit Mingo Junction

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mingo JunctionDeclared for Jefferson County only
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

12 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $31K to the Village of Mingo Junction for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

49 households applied for aid $147K aid approved $95K to the Village of Mingo Junction for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
Jefferson County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Mingo Junction

Mingo Junction and the towns around it

Steubenville: High, mostly inland floodingSteubenville: Very low, mostly inland floodingFollansbee: High, mostly inland floodingWells: Very high, mostly inland floodingCross Creek: Very low, mostly inland floodingWellsburg: Very high, mostly inland floodingIsland Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWintersville: Very low, mostly inland floodingWeirton: High, mostly inland floodingPottery Addition: Very low, mostly inland floodingHooverson Heights: High, mostly inland floodingMingo Junction: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Mingo JunctionSteubenvilleSteubenvilleFollansbee
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Follansbeemostly inland floodingHigh
Steubenvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Mingo Junctionmostly inland floodingModerate
Steubenvillemostly inland floodingVery low
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. Mingo Junction covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mingo Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Mingo Junction. 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 Mingo Junction total about $1.3M 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.

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