Natural hazards · Senecaville

Senecaville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Senecaville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Senecaville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Senecaville to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Tornadoes6%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Senecaville faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 72 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 Senecaville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Guernsey County.

Disasters that hit Senecaville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Senecaville itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Senecaville.

Brought FEMA money into SenecavilleDeclared for Guernsey County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $52K aid approved $7K to the Village of Senecaville for repairs

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$1K to the Village of Senecaville for repairs

Guernsey County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Senecaville 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 Senecaville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Senecaville. 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.