Natural hazards · Scipio

Scipio, OH natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scipio?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scipio to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Heat waves7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Scipio faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Scipio flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Scipio 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 Scipio

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScipioDeclared for Meigs County only

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

Around Scipio

Scipio and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Columbiamostly inland floodingModerate

Rutlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Alexandermostly inland floodingModerate

Scipiomostly inland floodingModerate

Bedfordmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Scipio is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Scipio’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Scipio. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.