Natural hazards · Scioto

Scioto, OH natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scioto?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scioto to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes11%Drought7%Heat waves6%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Scioto faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Scioto flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pickaway County.

Disasters that hit Scioto

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SciotoDeclared for Pickaway County only

Pickaway County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Scioto

Scioto and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Harrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

Jacksonmostly inland floodingLow

Muhlenbergmostly inland floodingLow

Darbymostly inland floodingLow

Pleasantmostly inland floodingLow

Orientmostly inland floodingLow

Commercial Pointmostly inland floodingLow

Sciotomostly inland floodingLow

Jacksonmostly 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. Scioto covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Scioto’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Scioto. 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 Scioto total about $1.9M 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.