Natural hazards · Rich Hill

Rich Hill, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rich Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rich Hill?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rich Hill to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Rich Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Rich Hill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Muskingum County.

Disasters that hit Rich Hill

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Muskingum County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Rich Hill itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Rich HillDeclared for Muskingum County only

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

Around Rich Hill

Rich Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rich Hillmostly inland floodingHigh

Meigsmostly inland floodingHigh

Salt Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Spencermostly inland floodingVery low

Westlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Unionmostly 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. Rich Hill 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 Rich Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Rich Hill. 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.