Natural hazards · Old Washington

Old Washington, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Old Washington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Old Washington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Old Washington to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Tornadoes7%Everything else25%

By hazard

What Old Washington faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 49 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Old Washington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Guernsey County.

Disasters that hit Old Washington

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Old WashingtonDeclared for Guernsey County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$250 to the Village of Old Washington for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$6K to the Village of Old Washington for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Guernsey County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Old Washington

Old Washington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Old Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Willsmostly inland floodingVery low

Centermostly 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. Old Washington 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 Old Washington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Old Washington. 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.