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Natural hazards · Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Pleasant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mount Pleasant?

57
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Pleasant to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Mount Pleasant faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once 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 Mount Pleasant flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount PleasantDeclared for Jefferson County only
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$29K to the Township of Mount Pleasant for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$49K to the Township of Mount Pleasant for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$17K to the Township of Mount Pleasant for repairs
Jefferson County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant and the towns around it

Smithfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very high, mostly inland floodingColerain: Very high, mostly inland floodingDillonvale: High, mostly inland floodingPease: Very high, mostly inland floodingWayne: Very low, mostly inland floodingShort Creek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWells: Very high, mostly inland floodingGreen: Low, mostly inland floodingBeech Bottom: Very high, mostly inland floodingTiltonsville: Very high, mostly inland floodingRayland: Very high, mostly inland floodingYorkville: Very high, mostly inland floodingRichland: Very low, mostly inland floodingWheeling: Low, mostly inland floodingWheeling: Very high, mostly inland floodingMartins Ferry: Very high, mostly inland floodingPultney: High, mostly inland floodingBridgeport: Very high, mostly inland floodingNeffs: High, mostly inland floodingMount Pleasant: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Mount PleasantSmithfieldWarrenColerainDillonvalePease
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Peasemostly inland floodingVery high
Warrenmostly inland floodingVery high
Colerainmostly inland floodingVery high
Dillonvalemostly inland floodingHigh
Smithfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Mount Pleasantmostly inland floodingModerate
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 Pleasant 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 Pleasant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Mount Pleasant. 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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