Natural hazards · Salt Lick

Salt Lick, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Salt Lick comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Salt Lick?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding76%Tornadoes6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Salt Lick faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 60 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 Salt Lick flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Perry County.

Disasters that hit Salt Lick

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Salt LickDeclared for Perry County only

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$20K to the Township of Salt Lick for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides

$15K to the Township of Salt Lick for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$21K to the Township of Salt Lick for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Township of Salt Lick for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

$4K to the Township of Salt Lick for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$954 to the Township of Salt Lick for repairs

Perry County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Salt Lick

Salt Lick and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pleasantmostly inland floodingModerate

Salt Lickmostly inland floodingModerate

Coalmostly inland floodingModerate

Hemlockmostly inland floodingModerate

Pikemostly inland floodingLow

Monday Creekmostly 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. Salt Lick covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Salt Lick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Salt Lick. 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 Salt Lick total about $627K 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.