Natural hazards · Scott

Scott, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scott 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 Scott?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes8%Strong wind8%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Scott faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Scott flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

Disasters that hit Scott

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScottDeclared for Brown County only

Brown County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Scott

Scott and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clarkmostly inland floodingModerate

Scottmostly inland floodingModerate

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Pikemostly inland floodingLow

Pleasantmostly 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. Scott 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 Scott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Scott. 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.