Natural hazards · Sciotodale

Sciotodale, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sciotodale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1997.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sciotodale?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sciotodale to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding66%Heat waves16%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Sciotodale faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Sciotodale flood?

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

3paid claims since 1997

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scioto County.

Disasters that hit Sciotodale

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SciotodaleDeclared for Scioto County only

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

Around Sciotodale

Sciotodale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Portsmouthmostly inland floodingHigh

Portermostly inland floodingModerate

Sciotodalemostly inland floodingModerate

Wheelersburgmostly 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. Sciotodale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sciotodale’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sciotodale. 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 Sciotodale total about $876K 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.