Natural hazards · Pomeroy

Pomeroy, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pomeroy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 73 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pomeroy?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pomeroy to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Pomeroy faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Pomeroy flood?

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

73paid claims since 1978

$540Kpaid to owners

13homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 25 claims, $46K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 9 claims, $148K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (3) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Meigs County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18homes raised above flood level

4buildings floodproofed

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Pomeroy

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PomeroyDeclared for Meigs County only

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$65K to the Village of Pomeroy for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$89K to the Village of Pomeroy for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$784K to the Village of Pomeroy for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$29K to the Village of Pomeroy for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

44 households applied for aid $75K aid approved $130K to the Village of Pomeroy for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

39 households applied for aid $31K aid approved $41K to the Village of Pomeroy for repairs

Meigs County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Pomeroy

Pomeroy and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salisburymostly inland floodingVery high

Middleportmostly inland floodingVery high

Pomeroymostly inland floodingVery high

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