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Neffs, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neffs comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Neffs?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Neffs to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Lightning6%Tornadoes5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Neffs faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Neffs flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Neffs isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Belmont County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Neffs

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NeffsDeclared for Belmont County only
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

144 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Neffs

Neffs and the towns around it

Pultney: High, mostly inland floodingPease: Very high, mostly inland floodingRichland: Very low, mostly inland floodingBellaire: Very high, mostly inland floodingBenwood: Very high, mostly inland floodingWheeling: Very high, mostly inland floodingMcMechen: Very high, mostly inland floodingMead: High, mostly inland floodingMartins Ferry: Very high, mostly inland floodingYorkville: Very high, mostly inland floodingColerain: Very high, mostly inland floodingBridgeport: Very high, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very high, mostly inland floodingMount Pleasant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSmith: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: Very low, mostly inland floodingWheeling: Low, mostly inland floodingGlencoe: High, mostly inland floodingNeffs: High, mostly inland flooding NeffsPultneyPeaseRichland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Peasemostly inland floodingVery high
Pultneymostly inland floodingHigh
Neffsmostly inland floodingHigh
Richlandmostly 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. Neffs 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 Neffs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Neffs. 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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