Natural hazards · Rockbridge

Rockbridge, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockbridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockbridge?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockbridge to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Tornadoes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Rockbridge faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Rockbridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hocking County.

Disasters that hit Rockbridge

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockbridgeDeclared for Hocking County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide

2 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

13 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

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