Natural hazards · Orient

Orient, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orient comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orient?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orient to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Drought15%Tornadoes9%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Orient faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 73 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Orient flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pickaway County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Orient

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrientDeclared for Pickaway County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

15 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

Pickaway County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Orient

Orient and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Darbymostly inland floodingLow

Pleasantmostly inland floodingLow

Orientmostly inland floodingLow

Sciotomostly 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. Orient 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 Orient’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Orient. 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.