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Shadyside, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shadyside comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Shadyside?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shadyside to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Shadyside faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Shadyside flood?

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

7paid claims since 1978
$45Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $6K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Shadyside isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Belmont County.
Disasters that hit Shadyside

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShadysideDeclared for Belmont County only
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$2K to the Village of Shadyside for repairs
2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $28K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

62 households applied for aid $135K aid approved $14K to the Village of Shadyside for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$24K to the Village of Shadyside for repairs
Belmont County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Shadyside

Shadyside and the towns around it

Mead: High, mostly inland floodingYork: Very high, mostly inland floodingPultney: High, mostly inland floodingMoundsville: High, mostly inland floodingGlen Dale: Very high, mostly inland floodingRichland: Very low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Very high, mostly inland floodingSmith: High, mostly inland floodingShadyside: High, mostly inland flooding ShadysideMead
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Shadysidemostly inland floodingHigh
Meadmostly inland floodingHigh
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. Shadyside 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 Shadyside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Shadyside. 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.

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