Natural hazards · Pierce

Pierce, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pierce comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 2015. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pierce?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pierce to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes14%Cold waves12%Heat waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pierce faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Pierce flood?

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

8paid claims since 2015

$410Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 5 claims, $339K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clermont County.

Disasters that hit Pierce

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PierceDeclared for Clermont County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Pierce for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$21K to the Township of Pierce for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$9K to the Township of Pierce for repairs

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

Around Pierce

Pierce and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ohiomostly inland floodingVery high

New Richmondmostly inland floodingVery high

Monroemostly inland floodingLow

Andersonmostly inland floodingLow

Piercemostly inland floodingVery low

Withamsvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Bataviamostly inland floodingVery low

Unionmostly inland floodingVery low

Ameliamostly 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. Pierce covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pierce’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Pierce. 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 Pierce total about $3.1M 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.