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Pultney, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pultney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 99 claims here since 1978. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pultney?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pultney to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Pultney faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pultney flood?

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

99paid claims since 1978
$1.3Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 31 claims, $622K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $2K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pultney 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 Pultney

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PultneyDeclared for Belmont County only
2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$752K to the Township of Pultney for repairs
2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$3.3M to the Township of Pultney for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$1K to the Township of Pultney for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$33K to the Township of Pultney for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$170K to the Township of Pultney for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$383K to the Township of Pultney for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$41K to the Township of Pultney for repairs
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$21K to the Township of Pultney for repairs
Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Pultney

Pultney and the towns around it

Bellaire: Very high, mostly inland floodingBenwood: Very high, mostly inland floodingPease: Very high, mostly inland floodingWheeling: Very high, mostly inland floodingMcMechen: Very high, mostly inland floodingMead: High, mostly inland floodingNeffs: High, mostly inland floodingRichland: Very low, mostly inland floodingMartins Ferry: Very high, mostly inland floodingYorkville: Very high, mostly inland floodingColerain: Very high, mostly inland floodingBridgeport: Very high, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very high, mostly inland floodingMount Pleasant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBethlehem: Low, mostly inland floodingClearview: High, mostly inland floodingTriadelphia: High, mostly inland floodingYork: Very high, mostly inland floodingShadyside: High, mostly inland floodingMoundsville: High, mostly inland floodingGlen Dale: Very high, mostly inland floodingWashington: Very high, mostly inland floodingSmith: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: Very low, mostly inland floodingWheeling: Low, mostly inland floodingGlencoe: High, mostly inland floodingPultney: High, mostly inland flooding PultneyBellaireBenwoodPeaseWheelingMcMechenMeadNeffsRichland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Benwoodmostly inland floodingVery high
Peasemostly inland floodingVery high
Wheelingmostly inland floodingVery high
McMechenmostly inland floodingVery high
Bellairemostly inland floodingVery high
Pultneymostly inland floodingHigh
Meadmostly inland floodingHigh
Neffsmostly inland floodingHigh
Richlandmostly 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. Pultney covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pultney’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Pultney. 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 Pultney total about $4.0M 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.

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