Natural hazards · Nile

Nile, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nile comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 claims here since 1990. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nile?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nile to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Heat waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Nile 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 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Nile flood?

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

34paid claims since 1990

$562Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scioto County.

Disasters that hit Nile

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NileDeclared for Scioto County only

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$50K to the Township of Nile for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$17K to the Township of Nile for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$72K to the Township of Nile for repairs

Scioto County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Nile

Nile and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nilemostly inland floodingVery high

Brush Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Unionmostly inland floodingHigh

Greenmostly inland floodingHigh

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingHigh

Washingtonmostly inland floodingLow

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. Nile covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nile’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Nile. 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 Nile total about $2.3M 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.