Natural hazards · Russells Point

Russells Point, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Russells Point comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1990. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Russells Point?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding82%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Russells Point faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Russells Point flood?

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

29paid claims since 1990
$476Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19902026

Biggest named events

  • Late winter storms: 3 claims, $19K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Russells 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: Logan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Russells Point

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Russells PointDeclared for Logan County only
2024

Tornadoes

139 households applied for aid $481K aid approved
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

40 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $14K to the Village of Russells Point for repairs
2004

Snow

$1K to the Village of Russells Point for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

57 households applied for aid $178K aid approved
Logan County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
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. Russells Point covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Russells Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Russells Point. 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 Russells Point total about $1.7M 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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