Natural hazards · Moorefield

Moorefield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moorefield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moorefield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moorefield to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Strong wind14%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Moorefield faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Moorefield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harrison County.

Disasters that hit Moorefield

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Harrison County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Moorefield itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MoorefieldDeclared for Harrison County only

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

Around Moorefield

Moorefield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Moorefieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Nottinghammostly inland floodingLow

Freeportmostly inland floodingLow

Flushingmostly inland floodingLow

Athensmostly 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. Moorefield 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 Moorefield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Moorefield. 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.