Natural hazards · Staunton

Staunton, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Staunton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1980. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Staunton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Staunton to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes8%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Staunton faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Staunton flood?

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

16paid claims since 1980

$329Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Miami County.

Disasters that hit Staunton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StauntonDeclared for Miami County only

2003

Severe Winter Storm and Record/Near Record Snow

$778 to the Township of Staunton for repairs

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

Around Staunton

Staunton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Troymostly inland floodingModerate

Stauntonmostly inland floodingModerate

Piquamostly inland floodingModerate

Concordmostly inland floodingLow

Tipp Citymostly inland floodingLow

Elizabethmostly inland floodingLow

Lostcreekmostly inland floodingLow

Monroemostly inland floodingVery low

Bethelmostly inland floodingVery low

Springcreekmostly 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. Staunton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Staunton total about $2.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.