Natural hazards · Salisbury

Salisbury, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Salisbury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Salisbury?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Salisbury to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Salisbury faces

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

Inland flooding

93% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% 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 Salisbury flood?

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

29paid claims since 1978

$106Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 10 claims, $13K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Meigs County.

Disasters that hit Salisbury

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SalisburyDeclared for Meigs County only

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$65K to the Township of Salisbury for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$3K to the Township of Salisbury for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$58K to the Township of Salisbury for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$8K to the Township of Salisbury for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$32K to the Township of Salisbury for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$21K to the Township of Salisbury for repairs

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

Around Salisbury

Salisbury and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salisburymostly inland floodingVery high

Middleportmostly inland floodingVery high

Pomeroymostly inland floodingVery high

Suttonmostly inland floodingHigh

Cheshiremostly inland floodingModerate

Rutlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Bedfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Chestermostly inland floodingLow

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. Salisbury covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Salisbury’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Salisbury. 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 Salisbury total about $3.1M 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.