Natural hazards · South Bloomfield

South Bloomfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in South Bloomfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is South Bloomfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in South Bloomfield to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes8%Everything else20%

By hazard

What South Bloomfield faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 95 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 South Bloomfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pickaway County.

Disasters that hit South Bloomfield

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into South BloomfieldDeclared for Pickaway County only

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $18K to the Village of South Bloomfield for repairs

Pickaway County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around South Bloomfield

South Bloomfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ashvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Harrisonmostly inland floodingHigh

Walnutmostly inland floodingModerate

South Bloomfieldmostly inland floodingLow

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