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Powhatan Point, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Powhatan Point comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 73 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Powhatan Point?

85
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Powhatan Point to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Powhatan Point faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% 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 Powhatan Point flood?

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

73paid claims since 1979
$1.1Mpaid to owners
18homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 31 claims, $860K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $641

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Powhatan Point isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Belmont County.
Disasters that hit Powhatan Point

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Powhatan PointDeclared for Belmont County only
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

31 households applied for aid $44K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

137 households applied for aid $533K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

8 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Powhatan Point

Powhatan Point and the towns around it

York: Very high, mostly inland floodingMead: High, mostly inland floodingSwitzerland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWashington: Very high, mostly inland floodingPowhatan Point: Very high, mostly inland flooding Powhatan PointYork
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Powhatan Pointmostly inland floodingVery high
Yorkmostly 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. Powhatan Point 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 Powhatan Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Powhatan Point. 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.

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