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Natural hazards · Mount Blanchard

Mount Blanchard, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Blanchard comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mount Blanchard?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Blanchard to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes13%Hail10%Cold waves6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Mount Blanchard faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Mount Blanchard flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011
$4Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Late winter storms: 2 claims, $4K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mount Blanchard isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hancock County.
Disasters that hit Mount Blanchard

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount BlanchardDeclared for Hancock County only
2024

Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

25 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $36K to the Village of Mount Blanchard for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$26K to the Village of Mount Blanchard for repairs
Hancock County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
Around Mount Blanchard

Mount Blanchard and the towns around it

Delaware: High, mostly inland floodingAmanda: High, mostly inland floodingMadison: High, mostly inland floodingRichland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJackson: High, mostly inland floodingJackson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRidge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBiglick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarion: High, mostly inland floodingMount Blanchard: High, mostly inland flooding Mount BlanchardDelawareAmanda
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mount Blanchardmostly inland floodingHigh
Delawaremostly inland floodingHigh
Amandamostly 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. Mount Blanchard 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 Mount Blanchard’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Mount Blanchard. 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.

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